Late Date with Ruth Brown is an album by vocalist Ruth Brown featuring tracks recorded in 1959 and released on the Atlantic label.
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "this session reminded those who had forgotten that Brown could also hold her own with sophisticated material as well as sexy stuff".
Track listing
- "It Could Happen to You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) â 3:07
- "Why Don't You Do Right?" (Kansas Joe McCoy) â 2:12
- "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) â 4:32
- "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (Duke Ellington, Mack David) â 3:32
- "I Can Dream, Can't I?" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) â 2:36
- "You and the Night and the Music" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) â 2:31
- "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) â 1:52
- "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl T. Fischer, Frankie Laine) â 4:18
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) â 2:28
- "I Loves You, Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) â 2:42
- "No One Ever Tells You" (Hub Atwood, Carroll Coates) â 4:06
- "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Irving Berlin) â 2:07
Personnel
- Ruth Brown â vocal
- Joe Cabot, Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen â trumpet (tracks 4, 6, 11 & 12)
- Bob Alexander (tracks 2, 4âÂÂ7, 9, 11 & 12), Morton Bullman (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 9), Mervin Gold (tracks 4, 6, 11 & 12), Frank Rehak (tracks 2, 4âÂÂ7, 9, 11 & 12), Chauncey Welsch (tracks 2, 4âÂÂ7, 9, 11 & 12) â trombone
- Romeo Penque â alto saxophone, oboe, flute (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 & 10âÂÂ12)
- George Berg â tenor saxophone flute (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 & 10âÂÂ12)
- Phil Bodner, Jerry Sanfino, Joe Soldo â saxophone (tracks 4, 6, 11 & 12)
- Hank Jones â piano
- Al Caiola (tracks 1, 3, 8 & 10), Mundell Lowe (tracks 2, 4âÂÂ7, 9, 11 & 12) â guitar
- Milt Hinton â bass
- Sol Gubin (tracks 4, 6, 11 & 12), Don Lamond (tracks 1âÂÂ3, 5 & 7âÂÂ10) â drums
- Arnold Eidus, Felix Giglio, Harry Katzman, Harry Melnikoff, Julius Held, Leo Kruczek, Tony Bambino â violin (tracks 1, 3, 8 & 10)
- Eugene Orloff â violin, concertmaster (tracks 1, 3, 8 & 10)
- Richard Wess â arranger, conductor
References