| Lush Life | ||||
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| Released | August 1967 | |||
| Recorded | May 13–16, 1967 | |||
| Studio | Capitol (Hollywood) | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Dave Cavanaugh | |||
| Nancy Wilson chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | [2] |
Lush Life is a 1967 album by Nancy Wilson, arranged by Billy May, Sid Feller, and Oliver Nelson.[1]
In his AllMusic review, Nick Dedina says the album continues "Wilson's winning formula of combining jazz and adult pop." He also praises Billy May's arrangement of the title track "as a means to tip his hat to Billy Strayhorn, the song's composer, with a smart mix of big band swagger, intimate small-group jazz, and moody orchestral flourishes straight out of an old film noir."[1]
Author and music critic Will Friedwald also recommends the title song, hailing it as one of the "good orchestral versions" of the famous jazz standard and commending Wilson for how she "slyly uses 'A-Train' as a countermelody."[3]
A 1970 LP reissue was entitled The Right To Love.[4] In 1995, Capitol released the album on compact disc under its original title, with one additional track ("Do You Know Why") and a different song order.[5]
- ^ a b c Allmusic review
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2004). "Nancy Wilson". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (Rev Upd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 941. ISBN 1852271833.
- ^ Friedwald, Will (2002). Stardust melodies : the biography of twelve of America's most popular songs (1st ed.). New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 9780307559982. OCLC 891714972.
- ^ "Nancy Wilson - The Right To Love". Discogs. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
- ^ "Nancy Wilson - Lush Life (CD, Album, Reissue)". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-01-29.