Sweet and Soulful Sounds

by Bobby Timmons

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1962
  • Label: Riverside
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:47
  • Community rating: 3.55/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A quiet departure from the funky, gospel-heavy anthems he composed for Art Blakey and Cannonball Adderley, this trio session finds pianist Bobby Timmons exploring a more subdued, lyrical approach. 'Sweet and Soulful Sounds' focuses heavily on standards and ballads, highlighting his delicate touch and melodic inventiveness over driving grooves. It reveals a highly sensitive side to a musician primarily known as a primary architect of soul jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, improvisation, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. The Sweetest Sounds (4:57)
  2. Turn Left (5:27)
  3. God Bless The Child (5:02)
  4. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (4:36)
  5. Another Live One (4:11)
  6. Alone Together (6:01)
  7. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (3:39)
  8. Why Was I Born? (5:50)

Credits

  • Bobby Timmons - primary artist, piano, written-by
  • Sam Jones - bass
  • Roy McCurdy - drums
  • Richard Rodgers - written-by
  • Arthur Herzog, Jr. - written-by
  • Billie Holiday - written-by
  • Cole Porter - written-by
  • Schwartz & Dietz - written-by

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