The Nearness of You (Houston Person album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Nearness of You
| type = Studio
| artist = Houston Person
| cover = The Nearness of You (Houston Person album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1978
| recorded = November 1977
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Jazz
| length = 33:30
| label = Muse
MR 5178
| producer = Houston Person
| chronology = Houston Person
| prev_title = Wild Flower
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = The Gospel Soul of Houston Person
| next_year = 1978
}}
The Nearness of You' is an album by saxophonist Houston Person recorded in 1977 and released on the Muse label.[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/muse.htm Muse Records discography] accessed April 11, 2014Payne, D., [http://dougpayne.blogspot.com.au/2009/06/houston-person-discography.html Houston Person discography], June 27, 2009[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Muse_5150.htm Jazzlists: Muse LP series discography: 5150 to 5199], accessed February 13, 2018[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/houston-person/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Houston Person] accessed March 12, 2018
Reception
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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars noting that "The soulful and always-swinging tenor Houston Person is in typically fine form on this enjoyable LP... A fun date".Yanow, S., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-nearness-of-you-mw0000873251 Allmusic listing], accessed April 11, 2014
Track listing
- "Pretty Please" (Harold Ousley) – 8:00
- "Please Mr. Person" (Buddy Johnson) – 4:38
- "I Hope I Can Love Again" (Ousley) – 5:00
- "Freddie the Freeloader" (Miles Davis) – 5:29
- "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 4:59
- "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 5:18
Personnel
- Houston Person – tenor saxophone
- Virgil Jones – trumpet
- Melvin Sparks – guitar
- Charles Earland – organ
- Sonny Phillips – electric piano
- Mervyn Bronson – bass
- Grady Tate – drums
- Lawrence Killian – percussion
- Ella Johnson – vocals (track 2)
References
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