Johnny Hartman - Today

Styles: Vocal
Year: 1973
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:52
Size: 84,6 MB
Art: Front

(2:08)  1. 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
(4:49)  2. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
(3:34)  3. If
(3:56)  4. Rainy Days And Mondays
(3:38)  5. You Go To My Head
(4:16)  6. Meditation
(3:56)  7. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
(3:51)  8. Sunday Sun
(4:07)  9. For The Good Times
(2:32) 10. Easy Come, Easy Go

Today, Johnny Hartman's first record for Perception, was a new beginning of sorts. It just wasn't a very good beginning. Hartman decided to ease his way into the popular mainstream with Today, recording such recent pop hits "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Games People Play," "Betcha By Golly Wow," "Help Me Make It Through the Night" and "We've Only Just Begun." Each of these songs are terrific pop singles, but with the exceptions of "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and "Help Me Make It Through the Night," they're identified by their performers as much as the songs themselves, and none of them lend themselves to the kind of hushed, sympathetic treatment Hartman has been known to give. Furthermore, the sound of the record is too slick for Hartman, which gives the record an uneasy easy listening sound. There are moments on Today that work, such as the lovely "Summer Wind," but by and large this is a missed opportunity. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine http://www.allmusic.com/album/today-mw0000890183

Personnel:  Bass – Earl May;  Drums – Billy Higgens;  Guitar – Roland Prince;  Piano – Herman Foster;  Saxophone – George Coleman;  Vocals – Johnny Hartman

Today

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