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''Della Reese Live'' was released by the ABC–Paramount label in August 1966 and was the fourth live album in her career. It was distributed as a ], offered in both mono and stereo formats. Five selections were featured on each side of the disc.<ref name="Liner Notes"/> '']'' magazine praised the product, writing, "Both Miss Reese and the combo are in rare form. The live performance gives the album and excitement and immediacy."<ref name="BB"/> '']'' magazine also praised the album, writing, "ere’s a wild session by Della Reese that |
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''Della Reese Live'' was released by the ABC–Paramount label in August 1966 and was the fourth live album in her career. It was distributed as a ], offered in both mono and stereo formats. Five selections were featured on each side of the disc.<ref name="Liner Notes"/> '']'' magazine praised the product, writing, "Both Miss Reese and the combo are in rare form. The live performance gives the album and excitement and immediacy."<ref name="BB"/> '']'' magazine also praised the album, writing, "ere’s a wild session by Della Reese that |
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should make a heap of spinners and buyers, in both the pop and jazz idioms, perk up their ears."<ref name="CB"/> Author Waltz Friedwald (writer behind ''A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers'') called the album "outstanding" when reviewing her LP's from the period.<ref name="Bio"/> ''Della Reese Live'' rose to the number 149 position on the US ] albums chart in October 1966. It was the final album in Reese's career to make the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{cite web |title=Billboard 200: October 29, 1966 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1966-10-29/ |website=] |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> |
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should make a heap of spinners and buyers, in both the pop and jazz idioms, perk up their ears."<ref name="CB"/> Author Waltz Friedwald (writer behind ''A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers'') called the album "outstanding" when reviewing her LP's from the period.<ref name="Bio"/> ''Della Reese Live'' rose to the number 149 position on the US ] albums chart in October 1966. It was the final album in Reese's career to make the ''Billboard'' 200.<ref>{{cite web |title=Billboard 200: October 29, 1966 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1966-10-29/ |website=] |access-date=25 September 2023}}</ref> |
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==Track listing== |
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{{track listing |
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| headline = Side one<ref name="Liner Notes"/> |
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| title1 = ] |
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| writer1 = {{hlist|]|Lazer|Six|Ehrlich}} |
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| length1 = 3:35 |
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| title2 = ] |
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| length2 = 3:45 |
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| title3 = Girl Talk |
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| writer3 = {{hlist|]|]}} |
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| length3 = 3:48 |
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| title4 = ] |
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| length4 = 2:57 |
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| title5 = ] |
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| writer5 = {{hlist|J. Moore|E. Williams|]}} |
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| headline = Side two<ref name="Liner Notes"/> |
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| title1 = Good Morning Blues |
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| writer1 = {{hlist|]|Russell|Durham}} |
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| length1 = 5:00 |
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| title2 = ] |
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| length2 = 6:48 |
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| title3 = ] |
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| length3 = 2:54 |
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| length4 = 3:20 |
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| writer5 = ] & ] |
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==Personnel== |
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==Personnel== |
Before she became a television actress, Della Reese was an established singer who recorded pop, jazz, blues and gospel. She had her greatest commercial success at RCA Victor, where her 1959 single, "Don't You Know?", reached top positions on the US pop and R&B charts. In 1965, she signed a new recording contract with ABC–Paramount Records, the label home of Ray Charles. Reese remained with the label through 1968 and recorded a series of albums. Among them was the live album, Della Reese Live. Instead of being recorded at a venue, Della Reese Love was cut at Western Recorders, a studio located in Hollywood, California. Reese and her manager/producer, Lee Magid, gathered several jazz musicians together to make the record on a Tuesday evening. According to the liner notes, the concept was to make the of live album was to make it sound like it was being performed informally at a house party. The players gathered together in one room with Reese without doing any second takes. The project featured notable jazz and blues musicians such as Ray Brown, Bill Doggett and Herb Ellis.
