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1963 studio album by Peggy Lee

Mink Jazz

Studio album by Peggy Lee

Released

1963

Recorded

March 28, 1962, February 2, 5, 7, 1963

Genre

Vocal jazz

Length

28:39

Peggy Lee chronology

Sugar 'n' Spice
(1962)

Mink Jazz
(1963)

I'm a Woman
(1963)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Mink Jazz is a 1963 studio album by Peggy Lee, arranged by Benny Carter and Max Bennett.

Track listing

"It's a Big Wide Wonderful World" (John Rox) – 1:37
"Whisper Not" (Leonard Feather, Benny Golson) – 2:17
"My Silent Love" (Edward Heyman, Dana Suesse) – 2:33
"The Lady Is a Tramp" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:31
"Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 3:08
"As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:00
"I Won't Dance" (Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:03
"Cloudy Morning" (Marvin Fisher, Joseph McCarthy) – 2:40
"I Could Write a Book" (Hart, Rodgers) – 2:08
"I Never Had A Chance" (Irving Berlin) – 2:39
"Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) – 2:18
"Where Can I Go Without You?" (Peggy Lee, Victor Young) – 2:46

Musicians

- Tracks 1, 4–9, 11, 12
Max Bennett - Leader (arranger) and bass
Justin Gordon - Tenor sax and flute
Jack Sheldon - Trumpet
Bob Corwin - Piano
Stan Levey - Drums
John Pisano - Guitar
Francisco Aguabella - Latin percussion
- Tracks 2, 10
Benny Carter - Leader (Arranger)
Justin Gordon - Tenor sax and flute
Max Bennett - Bass
Mel Lewis - Drums
Herb Ellis & Al Hendrickson - Guitars
Lou Levy - Piano
Francisco Pozo - Latin Percussion
- Track 3
Same as tracks 2, 10, less Gordon and Pozo, with Harry Klee on tenor sax

Production

Recorded at Studio B, Capitol Records, Hollywood
John Kraus - Recording engineer
John Engstead - Cover photo

References

Allmusic review

v t e Peggy Lee
Albums	Rendezvous with Peggy Lee Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas Songs from Pete Kelly's Blues Black Coffee Dream Street Peggy Lee Sings with Benny Goodman Sea Shells Miss Wonderful The Man I Love Jump for Joy Things Are Swingin' I Like Men! Beauty and the Beat! Latin ala Lee! All Aglow Again! Pretty Eyes Christmas Carousel Olé ala Lee Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee If You Go Blues Cross Country Sugar 'n' Spice Mink Jazz I'm a Woman In Love Again! Pass Me By Then Was Then – Now Is Now! Guitars a là Lee Big $pender Extra Special! Somethin' Groovy! 2 Shows Nightly A Natural Woman Is That All There Is? Bridge Over Troubled Water Make It with You Where Did They Go Norma Deloris Egstrom from Jamestown, North Dakota Let's Love Mirrors Live in London Peggy Close Enough for Love Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues The Peggy Lee Songbook: There'll Be Another Spring Love Held Lightly: Rare Songs by Harold Arlen Moments Like This The Best of Peggy Lee: The Capitol Years
Singles	"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" "Blues in the Night" "We'll Meet Again" "The Way You Look Tonight" "Why Don't You Do Right?" "It's a Good Day" "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" "Bali Ha'i" "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)" "The Old Master Painter" "Lover" "Just One of Those Things" "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" "Let Me Go, Lover" "Fever" "Hallelujah, I Love Him So" "I'm a Woman" "I Go to Sleep" "Big Spender" "Spinning Wheel" "Is That All There Is?"
Other songs	"Black Coffee" "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" "Kansas City" "I Love Being Here with You"
Radio	The Chesterfield Supper Club
Television	The Guy Mitchell Show What's My Line?
Films	Stage Door Canteen Jasper in a Jam The Jazz Singer Lady and the Tramp Pete Kelly's Blues
Related	Discography Benny Goodman Dave Barbour (first husband) Brad Dexter (second husband) Dewey Martin (third husband) Jo Stafford Patti Page Rosemary Clooney

v t e Benny Carter
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Alone Together (1952) Cosmopolite (1952–54) Benny Carter Plays Pretty (1954) New Jazz Sounds (and Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Harris, 1954) Urbane Jazz (and Roy Eldridge, 1955) Jazz Giant (1957–58) Swingin' the '20s (and Earl Hines, 1958) Further Definitions/Additions to Further Definitions (1961/1966) Carter, Gillespie Inc. (and Dizzy Gillespie]], 1976) Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson (1986) Billy Eckstine Sings with Benny Carter (1986)
Songs	"Cow-Cow Boogie" (1942)

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