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| Live album by Della Reese | ||||
| Released | August 1966 (1966-08) | |||
| Studio | Western Recorders (Hollywood) | |||
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| Label | ABC–Paramount | |||
| Producer | Lee Magid | |||
| Della Reese chronology | ||||
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Della Reese Live is a live album by American singer, Della Reese. It was released in August 1966 by ABC–Paramount and was the fourth live LP in her career. Although cut at a recording studio, the album was cut in a live format where the ensemble of musicians and Reese gathered together in one room to perform, all completed in one take. The LP was met with favorable reviews and was Reese's final album to make the US Billboard 200 chart.
Background and recording
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.
Release, critical reception and chart performance
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 vinyl LP, offered in both mono and stereo formats. Five selections were featured on each side of the disc. Billboard 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." Cash Box magazine also praised the album, writing, "ere’s a wild session by Della Reese that should make a heap of spinners and buyers, in both the pop and jazz idioms, perk up their ears." 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. Della Reese Live rose to the number 149 position on the US Billboard 200 albums chart in October 1966. It was the final album in Reese's career to make the Billboard 200.
Personnel
All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Della Reese Live.
- Ray Brown – Bass
- Bill Doggett – Organ
- Herb Ellis – Guitar
- Joe Lebow – Liner album design
- Lee Magid – Producer
- Henry Lewy – Engineer
- Shelly Manne – Drums
- Fred Seligo – Photography
- Gerald Wiggins – Piano
- Patricia Willard – Liner notes
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| Various | August 1966 |
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ABC–Paramount | |
| Ampar | ||||
| His Master's Voice | ||||
| Japan | 1967 | Vinyl LP (stereo) | Impulse! | |
| Canada | 1974 | Birchmount | ||
| Japan | 1977 | ABC Records |
References
- ^ "Album Reviews: Pop Spotlight". Billboard. August 27, 1966. p. 30. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "Album Reviews: Pop Best Bets" (PDF). Cash Box. August 20, 1966. p. 30. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ Will Friedwald (2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Knopf Doubleday. pp. 385–388. ISBN 9780307379894.
- ^ Reese, Della (August 1966). "Della Reese Live (Liner Notes)". ABC–Paramount. ABC-569 (LP mono); ABCS-569 (LP stereo).
- "Billboard 200: October 29, 1966". Billboard. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- Reese, Della (August 1966). "Della Reese Live (Liner Notes) (Australia and New Zealand)". Ampar Records. ML-32074 (LP mono); SML-932074 (LP stereo).
- Reese, Della (August 1966). "Della Reese Live (Liner Notes) (United Kingdom)". His Master's Voice. CLP-3573 (LP mono); CSD-3573 (LP stereo).
- Reese, Della (1967). "Della Reese Live (Liner Notes) (Japan)". Impulse! Records. SR-3002 (LP stereo).
- Reese, Della (1974). "Della Reese Live (Liner Notes) (Canada)". Birchmount Records. BM-719 (LP stereo).
- Reese, Della (1977). "Della Reese Live (Liner Notes) (Japan)". ABC Records. YW-8520-AB (LP stereo).