The Quarantined Jazz Voyager

Taking the high road and staying safe, socially distanced and listening to great music. This week I am choosing A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing is the second studio album by pianist Vince Guaraldi, credited to the Vince Guaraldi Trio. It was recorded at Fantasy Recording Studios in San Francisco, California on April 16, 1957 and released in the U.S. the following year on the Fantasy Records label. Ralph J. Gleason wrote the liner notes and in 1994, Phil De Lancie produced the digital remastering.

1. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing (Billy Strayhorn) ~ 5:37
2. Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise (Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg) ~ 3:28
3. Yesterdays (Jerome Kern) ~ 4:00
4. Like A Mighty Rose aka Room At The Bottom (Vince Guaraldi) ~ 4:30

1. Looking For The Boy (George & Ira Gershwin) ~ 4:06
2. Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma) ~ 4:21
3. Lonely Girl (Bobby Troup) 3:23
4. Willow Weep For Me (Ann Ronell) ~ 5:14

• Vince Guaraldi – piano
• Eddie Duran – guitar
• Dean Reilly – double bass

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