I Just Dropped by to Say Hello
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{{Infobox album
| name = I Just Dropped By to Say Hello
| type = studio
| artist = Johnny Hartman
| cover = I Just Dropped by to Say Hello.jpeg
| alt =
| released = 1964
| recorded = October 9 & 17, 1963
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Vocal jazz
| length = 33:09
| label = Impulse!
A-57
| producer = Bob Thiele
| prev_title = John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
| prev_year = 1963
| next_title = The Voice That Is!
| next_year = 1965
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r151957|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 97
}}
| rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz
| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2=Brian Morton |author-link2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD|url = https://archive.org/details/penguinguidetoja00cook|url-access = registration|edition = 7th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2004|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 9780141014166}}
}}
I Just Dropped by to Say Hello is a studio album by jazz singer Johnny Hartman, released by Impulse! Records in 1964.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r151957|label=I Just Dropped By to Say Hello}} It was the second of three albums Hartman recorded for Impulse!, and followed John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, recorded a few months earlier.
Track listing
- "Charade (from Charade)" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 2:38
- "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (Bob Hilliard, David Mann) – 2:49
- "A Sleepin' Bee" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) – 2:15
- "Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know)" (Mack David, Duke Ellington) – 4:14
- "Kiss & Run" (Rene Denoncin, William Engvick, Jack Ledru) – 3:35
- "If I'm Lucky" (Eddie DeLange, Josef Myrow) – 2:52
- "I Just Dropped by to Say Hello" (Sid Feller, Rick Ward) – 4:10
- "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 3:09
- "Our Time" (Stanley Glick, Johnny Hartman) – 3:00
- "Don't Call It Love" (Ronnell Bright) – 2:07
- "How Sweet It Is to Be in Love" (George Cardini, Danny DiMinno) – 2:20
Tracks 1, 6 recorded on October 9, 1963; the remainder on October 17, 1963.
Personnel
- Johnny Hartman - vocals
- Illinois Jacquet - tenor saxophone
- Kenny Burrell - guitar (tracks 2-5, 7-11)
- Jim Hall - guitar (tracks 1, 6)
- Hank Jones - piano
- Milt Hinton - double bass
- Elvin Jones - drums
References
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