Lem Winchester with Feeling

Lem Winchester with Feeling is an album by vibraphonist Lem Winchester which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Moodsville label the following year.[1][2][3][4]

Lem Winchester with Feeling
Studio album by
Released1961
RecordedOctober 7, 1960
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length36:10
LabelMoodsville
MVLP 11
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Lem Winchester chronology
Another Opus
(1960)
Lem Winchester with Feeling
(1961)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [5]
All About Jazz     [6]
DownBeat     [7]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [8]

The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer applauded the absence of sentimentality in Winchester's playing.[7] AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow states: "Vibraphonist Lem Winchester's final recording was made just three months before his accidental death, which occurred when he was demonstrating a gun trick. Although originally recorded for the Prestige subsidiary Moodsville (a series that emphasized slow, melodic ballads), there is a fair amount of variety on Winchester's last effort. ... Winchester mixes medium-tempo performances with slower numbers and shows that his style was growing away from his original Milt Jackson influence".[5] All About Jazz called it "an enjoyable session" observing "Ballads and relaxed tempos prevail, and Winchester is consisently [sic] laid back.".[6]

Track listing edit

  1. "Why Don't They Understand" (Jack Fishman, Joe Henderson) – 4:31
  2. "Butterfly" (Patrica Bradshaw) – 4:30
  3. "With a Song in My Heart" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:28
  4. "But Beautiful" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 4:10
  5. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) – 6:39
  6. "To Love and Be Loved" (Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 3:48
  7. "The Kids" (Lem Winchester) – 3:59
  8. "My Romance" (Rodgers, Hart) – 4:05

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: Moodsville series accessed December 7, 2018
  2. ^ Jazzdisco: Lem Winchester Catalog accessed December 7, 2018
  3. ^ jazzlists: Moodsville releases accessed December 7, 2018
  4. ^ Jazzlists: Lem Winchester discography accessed December 7, 2018
  5. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Lem Winchester: With Feeling – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  6. ^ a b All About Jazz Review accessed December 7, 2018
  7. ^ a b Williams, Martin (October 12, 1961). "Lem Winchester: With Feeling". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 21. p. 32.
  8. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1522. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.