Gentle Rain (Irene Kral album)

Gentle Rain
Studio album by
Irene Kral
Released1978
RecordedAugust 1977
Macdonald Studio, Sea Cliff, NY
GenreVocal jazz
Length43:29
LabelChoice
CRS 1020
ProducerGerry Macdonald
Irene Kral chronology
Kral Space
(1977) 		Gentle Rain
(1978)

Gentle Rain is the final album by vocalist Irene Kral performing with pianist Alan Broadbent, which was recorded in 1977 and originally released on the Choice label and re-released by Candid on CD in 2001.[1][2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Throughout her second set of duets with pianist Alan Broadbent, Kral is almost up to the same emotional level as her previous effort, Where Is Love ... Few other singers could interpret a full program of slow ballads and hold one's interest throughout."[4]

Track listing

  1. "The Gentle Rain" (Luiz Bonfá, Matt Dubey) – 5:30
  2. "The Underdog" (Al Cohn, Dave Frishberg) – 4:49
  3. "You Are There" (Johnny Mandel, Frishberg) – 4:41
  4. "Something to Live For" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 4:30
  5. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 5:38
  6. "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) – 5:08
  7. "The Antique Medley (What's Old): Remember/Someday I'll Find You/I'll See You Again/All Alone" (Irving Berlin/Noël Coward/Coward/Berlin) – 7:50
  8. "Blue Gardenia" (Bob Russell, Lester Lee) – 5:23

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Irene Kral discography. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  2. ^ Candid Records album entry. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  3. ^ Fitzgerald, M., Irene Kral Leader Entry. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. The Gentle Rain – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 131. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.