Hollar!

{{Infobox album

| name = Hollar!

| type = Studio

| artist = Etta Jones

| cover = Hollar!.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1963|11}}

| recorded = September 16, 1960, March 30, 1961 and November 28, 1962

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

| venue =

| genre = Vocal jazz

| length = 33:34

| label = Prestige
PRLP 7284

| producer = Esmond Edwards

| chronology = Etta Jones

| prev_title = Lonely and Blue

| prev_year = 1962

| next_title = Love Shout

| next_year = 1963

}}

Hollar! is an album by the jazz vocalist Etta Jones which was released through Prestige Records in November 1963.{{cite news |location=New York|editor-last=Ostrow|editor-first=Marty|title=10{{nbsp}}LPs & 4{{nbsp}}Singles in Prestige Nov. Release|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1963/CB-1963-11-02-OCR-Page-0006.pdf|work=Cash Box |publisher=The Cash Box Publishing Co.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181701/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1963/CB-1963-11-02-OCR-Page-0006.pdf|archive-date=July 9, 2021|url-status=live|page=6|date=November 2, 1963}} It was recorded at three separate sessions between 1960 and 1962.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7200-series/#prlp-7284 Prestige Records discography]. Accessed May 30, 2013.

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=794}}

}}

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars but stated: "Etta Jones had the spark that made each of her vocals special, though she was never acknowledged properly during a long career.... This is easily one of Etta Jones' best recordings."Dryden, K. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/hollar%21-mw0000006647 Allmusic listing]. Accessed May 30, 2013.

Track listing

"And the Angels Sing" (Ziggy Elman, Johnny Mercer) – 2:37
"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:11
"Give Me the Simple Life" (Rube Bloom, Harry Ruby) – 2:54
"The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 4:13
"Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:49
"Reverse the Charges" (Webster, Clarence Williams) – 2:59
"They Can't Take That Away from Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 2:52
"Answer Me, My Love" (Fred Rauch, Carl Sigman, Gerhard Winkler) – 3:20
"Looking Back" (Brook Benton, Clyde Otis) – 3:44
"Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) – 2:55

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on September 16, 1960 (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7), March 30, 1961 (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8 & 9) and November 28, 1962 (track 10).

Personnel

Etta Jones – vocals
Oliver Nelson (tracks 4 & 5), Jerome Richardson (track 10) – tenor saxophone
Lem Winchester – vibraphone (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7)
Kenny Burrell (track 10), Bucky Pizzarelli (track 10), Wally Richardson (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8 & 9) – guitar
Sam Bruno (track 10), Jimmy Neeley (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8 & 9), Richard Wyands (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7) – piano
George Duvivier (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7), Michael Mulia (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8 & 9) – bass
Bobby Donaldson (track 10), Roy Haynes (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7), Rudy Lawless (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8 & 9) – drums

References

Category:Etta Jones albums

Category:1962 albums

Category:Prestige Records albums

Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio

Category:Albums produced by Esmond Edwards