Requisites

The year was 1967 when a young lady from Philadelphia recorded the first of two sessions for the album Girl Talk. Her name was Shirley Scott. On January 12th & 13th the organist went into the studio and recorded nine tracks that were released on the Impulse! label.

The cover design was by Robert and Barbara Flynn with photography by Charles “Chuck” Stewart. The sessions were produced by Bob Thiele.

The Trio

  • Shirley Scott — organ
  • George Duvivier – bass
  • Mickey Roker – drums

The Songs | 34:32

  • Girl Talk (Neil Hefti, Bobby Troup)
  • Come Back To Me (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner)
  • We’ll Be Together Again (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine
  • Love Nest (Louis Hirsch, Otto Harbach)
  • Swingin’ the Blues (Count Basie, Ed Durham)
  • Keep The Faith, Baby (Shirley Scott)
  • Chicago, My Kind of Town (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn
  • On The Trail | From Grand Canyon Suite (Ferde Grofé
  • You’re A Sweetheart (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson)

    Recorded at Capitol Studios in New York City on August 22, 1966 (tracks 1, 4, 6 & 7) and January 12, 1967 (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 8).

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