A Lazy Afternoon (Shirley Horn album)

A Lazy Afternoon
Studio album by
Shirley Horn Trio
Released1979
RecordedJuly 9, 1978
GenreJazz
Length42:27
LabelSteepleChase SCS 1111
ProducerNils Winther
Shirley Horn chronology
Where Are You Going
(1972) 		A Lazy Afternoon
(1979) 		All Night Long
(1981)

A Lazy Afternoon is a studio album by jazz vocalist/pianist Shirley Horn, which was recorded in 1978 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.[1][2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

In his review for AllMusic, Ken Dryden called it "a fine studio set" additionally commenting: "An always effective vocalist who provided her own top-notch accompaniment on piano, Horn's almost conversational style of singing works very well whether she is swinging an oldie like 'I'm Old Fashioned' or delivering a lush, infectious interpretation of a ballad like 'A Lazy Afternoon'."[4]

Track listing

  1. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 2:43
  2. "There's No You" (Hal Hopper, Tom Adair) – 6:14
  3. "New York's My Home" (Gordon Jenkins) – 2:46
  4. "Why Did I Choose You?" (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin) – 6:13
  5. "Take a Little Time to Smile" (Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee) – 2:59
  6. "A Lazy Afternoon" (Jerome Moross, John La Touche) – 4:52
  7. "The Gentle Rain" (Luiz Bonfá, Matt Dubey) – 9:56
  8. "Gra'ma's Hands" (Bill Withers) – 3:10
  9. "I'll Go My Way by Myself" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 3:17

Personnel

References

  1. ^ SteepleChase Productions ApS, accessed July 25, 2017
  2. ^ Jazlists: SteepleChase Records discography, accessed July 25, 2017
  3. ^ Fitzgerald, M. Shirley Horn Discography, accessed July 25, 2017
  4. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. A Lazy Afternoon – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 726. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.