The Best of Esther Phillips

~ Release by Esther Phillips (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Home Is Where the Hatred Is
engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Creed Taylor
alto saxophone:
Hank Crawford (in 1971-12)
baritone saxophone:
David Liebman (saxophonist) (in 1971-12)
bass:
Gordon Edwards (funk/soul bassist) (in 1971-12)
cello:
Charles McCracken (cellist) (in 1971-12) and Alan Shulman (cellist and composer) (in 1971-12)
drums (drum set):
Bernard Purdie (in 1971-12)
flugelhorn and trumpet:
John Eckert (in 1971-12) and John Gatchell (in 1971-12)
flute:
David Liebman (saxophonist) (in 1971-12) and Frank Vicari (in 1971-12)
guitar:
Cornell Dupree (in 1971-12) and Eric Gale (in 1971-12)
harp:
Margaret Ross (harp) (in 1971-12)
organ and piano:
Richard Tee (in 1971-12)
percussion:
Airto Moreira (percussionist) (in 1971-12)
tenor saxophone:
Frank Vicari (in 1971-12)
trombone:
Sam Burtis (in 1971-12) and Dick Griffin (in 1971-12)
viola:
Harold Coletta (in 1971-12) and Harry Zaratzian (in 1971-12)
violin:
Michael Comins (in 1971-12), Max Hollander (in 1971-12), Leo Kahn (in 1971-12), Charles Libove (in 1971-12), Guy Lumia (in 1971-12), Max Pollikoff (in 1971-12), Alvin Rogers (in 1971-12), Paul Winter (violin) (in 1971-12) and Jack Zayde (in 1971-12)
lead vocals:
Esther Phillips (Little Esther) (in 1971-12)
vocals:
Hilda Harris (in 1971-12), Joshie Armstead (in 1971-12), Barbara Massey (in 1971-12), Louis St. Louis (American songwriter, music arranger and singer) (in 1971-12) and Tasha Thomas (in 1971-12)
conductor:
Pee Wee Ellis (in 1971-12)
strings arranger:
Don Sebesky
arranger:
Pee Wee Ellis
recorded at:
Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 -) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (in 1971-12)
cover recording of:
Home Is Where the Hatred Is (in 1971-12)
lyricist and composer:
Gil Scott‐Heron
3:28
2From a Whisper to a Scream
cover recording of:
From a Whisper to a Scream
lyricist and composer:
Allen Toussaint
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
4:25
3Use Me
cover recording of:
Use Me
lyricist and composer:
Bill Withers
publisher:
Interior Music Corp. (in 1972)
part of:
American Beauty
4:08
4Alone Again (Naturally)4:07
5Do Right Woman, Do Right Man4:55
6Black‐Eyed Blues
engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Creed Taylor
bass:
Boz Burrell
membranophone:
Ian Wallace (drummer, ex-King Crimson)
percussion:
Arthur Jenkins
piano:
Tim Hinkley
vocals:
Esther Phillips (Little Esther)
conductor:
Pee Wee Ellis
arranger:
Pee Wee Ellis
cover recording of:
Black-Eyed Blues
lyricist and composer:
Joe Cocker and Chris Stainton
6:05
7I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
cover recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
6:44
8Such a Night
cover recording of:
Such a Night
lyricist and composer:
Mac Rebennack (aka Dr. John)
4:02
9Disposable Society
5:24
10Performance5:25
11Mr. Bojangles
cover recording of:
Mr. Bojangles
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Jeff Walker
publisher:
Cotillion Music Inc. (BMI), Gotillion Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4:07
12What a Difference a Day Makes
engineer:
Rudy van Gelder (on 1975-04-24)
producer:
Creed Taylor
vocals:
Esther Phillips (Little Esther) (on 1975-04-24)
cover recording of:
What a Diff’rence a Day Made (on 1975-04-24)
lyricist:
Stanley Adams (US lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
María Grever
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Estate of Stanley Adams, Maurice Music, Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd., Stanley Adams Music, Universal Music – Z Tunes LLC and Zomba Golden Sands Enterprises, Inc.
is based on:
Cuando vuelva a tu lado
4:25
13I Can Stand a Little Rain
3:58
14One Night Affair
cover recording of:
One Night Affair
writer:
Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff (Philly soul producer, of Gamble & Huff)
5:54
15Unforgettable
cover recording of:
Unforgettable
lyricist and composer:
Irving Gordon (US songwriter)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Bourne Music Ltd.
3:39
16For All We Know
cover recording of:
For All We Know (1934 song)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) (in 1934)
composer:
J. Fred Coots (in 1934)
publisher:
Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP affiliated) (ended), Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), EMI Feist Catalog Inc. (ended), Leo Feist, Inc. (ended), Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) (ended), Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc. (ended), John F. Coots Jr. Trust Music, Sis ’n Bro Music Company and Toy Town Tunes, Inc.
3:34

Credits

Release

performer:Joe Beck (guitar)
George Benson (jazz guitarist/singer)
The Brecker Brothers
Ron Carter (US jazz double-bassist)
Hank Crawford
Eric Gale
Bob James (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer)
David Sanborn
part of:Columbia Jazz Contemporary Masters (order: 16)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/4385318 [info]