The Soul Is Willing
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The Soul Is Willing is a studio album by organist Shirley Scott
recorded and released in 1963 for Prestige
as PRLP 7267. It features famous saxophonist Stanley Turrentine
. In 1995, the album was reissued along with Soul Shoutin'
on the same CD, featuring a different track order.
Shirley Scott
Shirley Scott was an American hard bop and soul-jazz organist. She was most known for working with her husband, Stanley Turrentine, and with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis...
recorded and released in 1963 for Prestige
Prestige Records
Prestige Records was a jazz record label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock. The company was located at 203 South Washington Avenue in Bergenfield, New Jersey, and recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz musicians of the day, sometimes issuing them under the names of several...
as PRLP 7267. It features famous saxophonist Stanley Turrentine
Stanley Turrentine
Stanley William Turrentine, also known as "Mr. T" or "The Sugar Man", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.-Biography:Turrentine was born in Pittsburgh's Hill District into a musical family...
. In 1995, the album was reissued along with Soul Shoutin'
Soul Shoutin'
Soul Shoutin' is a studio album by organist Shirley Scott recorded in 1963 for Prestige and issued in early 1964 as PRLP 7312. It also features famous saxophonist Stanley Turrentine...
on the same CD, featuring a different track order.
Track listing
- "I Feel All Right" (Turrentine) - 6:20
- "Secret Love" (Fain/Webster) - 8:23
- "RememberRemember (1925 song)"Remember" is a popular song by Irving Berlin, published in 1925. The song is a popular standard, recorded by numerous artists.In the lyric, Berlin uses an interesting poetic technique by extending the sound of the word "forgot" into "forget me not" then placing the original word and the base form...
" (BerlinIrving BerlinIrving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...
) - 4:12 - "Stolen Sweets" (Davis/Thompson) - 6:26
- "The Soul Is Willing" (Turrentine) - 6:32
- "Yes Indeed" (Sy OliverSy OliverMelvin "Sy" Oliver was a jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader...
) - 6:01
Personnel
- Shirley ScottShirley ScottShirley Scott was an American hard bop and soul-jazz organist. She was most known for working with her husband, Stanley Turrentine, and with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis...
- organ - Stanley TurrentineStanley TurrentineStanley William Turrentine, also known as "Mr. T" or "The Sugar Man", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.-Biography:Turrentine was born in Pittsburgh's Hill District into a musical family...
- tenor saxophone - Major HolleyMajor HolleyMajor Holley was an American jazz upright bassist.Holley attended the prestigious Cass Technical High School. Holley played violin and tuba when young and started playing bass while serving in the Navy...
- bass - Grassella OliphantGrassella OliphantGrassella Oliphant is an American jazz drummer.Oliphant backed Ahmad Jamal in 1952 and Sarah Vaughan in the late 1950s, then worked with Gloria Lynne and Shirley Scott....
- drums