I Just Dropped by to Say Hello

I Just Dropped By to Say Hello
Studio album by
Johnny Hartman
Released1964
RecordedOctober 9 & 17, 1963
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
GenreVocal jazz
Length33:09
LabelImpulse!
A-57
ProducerBob Thiele
Johnny Hartman chronology
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
(1963) 		I Just Dropped By to Say Hello
(1964) 		The Voice That Is!
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

I Just Dropped by to Say Hello is a studio album by jazz singer Johnny Hartman, released by Impulse! Records in 1964.[4] It was the second of three albums Hartman recorded for Impulse!, and followed John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, recorded a few months earlier.

Track listing

  1. "Charade (from Charade)" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 2:38
  2. "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" (Bob Hilliard, David Mann) – 2:49
  3. "A Sleepin' Bee" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) – 2:15
  4. "Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know)" (Mack David, Duke Ellington) – 4:14
  5. "Kiss & Run" (Rene Denoncin, William Engvick, Jack Ledru) – 3:35
  6. "If I'm Lucky" (Eddie DeLange, Josef Myrow) – 2:52
  7. "I Just Dropped by to Say Hello" (Sid Feller, Rick Ward) – 4:10
  8. "Stairway to the Stars" (Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish, Frank Signorelli) – 3:09
  9. "Our Time" (Stanley Glick, Johnny Hartman) – 3:00
  10. "Don't Call It Love" (Ronnell Bright) – 2:07
  11. "How Sweet It Is to Be in Love" (George Cardini, Danny DiMinno) – 2:20

Tracks 1, 6 recorded on October 9, 1963; the remainder on October 17, 1963.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 97. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (7th ed.). London: Penguin. ISBN 9780141014166.
  4. ^ I Just Dropped By to Say Hello at AllMusic