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==Background and recording== |
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==Background and recording== |
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Before she became a television actress, Della Reese was an established singer who recorded ], ], ] and ]. She had her greatest commercial success at ], where her 1959 single, "]", 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 ]. Reese remained with the label through 1968 and recorded a series of albums. Among them was the live album, ''Della Reese Live''.<ref name="Bio">{{cite book |title=A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers |pages=385–388 |author=Will Friedwald |publisher=Knopf Doubleday |date=2010 |isbn=9780307379894}}</ref> Instead of being recorded at a venue, ''Della Reese Love'' was cut at Western Recorders, a studio located in ]. Reese and her manager/producer, Lee Magid, gathered several jazz musicians together to make the record on a Tuesday evening. According to the ], 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.<ref name="Liner Notes">{{cite journal |last1=Reese |first1=Della |title=''Della Reese Live'' (Liner Notes) |journal=]–] |date=August 1966 |id=ABC-569 (LP mono); ABCS-569 (LP stereo)}}</ref> The project featured notable jazz and blues musicians such as ], ] and ].<ref name="CB"/> |
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Before becoming a television actress, Della Reese was an established singer who recorded ], ], ] and ]. She had her greatest commercial success at ] when her 1959 single, "]", 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 ]. Reese remained with the label through 1968 and recorded a series of albums. Among them was the live LP, ''Della Reese Live''.<ref name="Bio">{{cite book |title=A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers |pages=385–388 |author=Will Friedwald |publisher=Knopf Doubleday |date=2010 |isbn=9780307379894}}</ref> Instead of being recorded at a venue, ''Della Reese Live'' was cut at Western Recorders, a studio located in ]. Reese and her manager/producer, Lee Magid, gathered several jazz musicians together to make the record on a Tuesday evening. According to the ], the concept was to make it sound like it was being performed at a house party. The players gathered together in one room with Reese without doing any second takes.<ref name="Liner Notes">{{cite journal |last1=Reese |first1=Della |title=''Della Reese Live'' (Liner Notes) |journal=]–] |date=August 1966 |id=ABC-569 (LP mono); ABCS-569 (LP stereo)}}</ref> The project featured notable jazz and blues musicians such as ], ] and ].<ref name="CB"/> |
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==Release, critical reception and chart performance== |
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==Release, critical reception and chart performance== |
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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 an excitement and immediacy."<ref name="BB"/> '']'' magazine also praised the album, writing, "Here’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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Before becoming 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 when 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 LP, Della Reese Live. Instead of being recorded at a venue, Della Reese Live 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 it sound like it was being performed 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.
