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After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!!!

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After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!!!
Studio album by
Released1964
RecordedSeptember 17–19, 1963
GenreJazz[1]
LabelImpulse!
ProducerBob Thiele
Freda Payne chronology
After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!!!
(1964)
How Do You Say I Don't Love You Anymore
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!!! is the debut album of Freda Payne, released in 1964. Duke Ellington's "Blue Piano" makes its first album appearance, while the majority of the songs on this album are cover songs and jazz standards. The six songs on the first side of the album were recorded on September 17 and 18 of 1963, while the second side was recorded on September 19 of that year (Payne's twenty-first birthday). This album was reissued on CD in Japan in January 2002 and then on September 13, 2005 in the United States.

Track listing

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Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."After the Lights Go Down Low"Phil Belmonte, Leroy C. Lovett, Allen White3:23
2."Sweet Pumpkin"Ronnell Bright2:56
3."Blue Piano"Duke Ellington, Bill Katz, Ruth Ann Roberts, Bob Thiele2:48
4."The Things We Love to Do"Clayton, Clara Ward2:32
5."Awaken My Lonely One"Moody, Sherrell2:07
6."Sweet September"Bill McGuffie, Phillips, Stanley2:33
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Cried for You"Gus Arnheim, Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman3:58
2."'Round Midnight"Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen4:20
3."Out of This World"Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer3:10
4."Lonely Woman"Ornette Coleman, Margo Guryan3:53
5."I Wish I Knew"Harry Warren, Mack Gordon3:50
6."It's Time"Ruth Roberts, Pauline Rivelli1:53

Personnel

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Additional musicians

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Side 1
Side 2
  • Alto saxophone – Phil Woods
  • Drums – Walter Perkins
  • Piano – Hank Jones
  • Bass – Art Davis
  • Guitar – Jim Hall

Technical personnel

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  • Producer – Bob Thiele
  • Engineer – Bob Simpson
  • Cover and liner photos – Joe Alper
  • Liner design – Joe Lebow

References

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  1. ^ Harrington, Jim (2015). "Freda Payne - "Band of Gold". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die. New York: Universe. p. 262.
  2. ^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Review: After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!!! - Freda Payne". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 June 2009.