Deep Roots (Lorez Alexandria album)

Deep Roots
Studio album by
Lorez Alexandria
Released1962
RecordedFebruary 13–14, 1962
StudioTer-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, IL
GenreJazz
Length27:18
LabelArgo
LP/LPS-694
ProducerRalph Bass
Lorez Alexandria chronology
Sing No Sad Songs for Me
(1961) 		Deep Roots
(1962) 		For Swingers Only
(1963)

Deep Roots is an album by American jazz vocalist Lorez Alexandria featuring performances recorded in 1960 and released on the Argo label.[1][2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

AllMusic reviewer Thom Jurek stated "it was recorded with a killer group ... The material is made up mostly of standards ... in her signature style".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) – 2:49
  2. "I Was a Fool" (Johnny Pate) – 3:23
  3. "No Moon at All" (David Mann, Redd Evans) – 2:11
  4. "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" (Frank Loesser) – 3:03
  5. "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:36
  6. "Detour Ahead" (Herb Ellis, Johnny Frigo, Lou Carter) – 3:39
  7. "It Could Happen to You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 2:45
  8. "Trav'lin' Light" (Trummy Young, Jimmy Mundy, Johnny Mercer) – 3:27
  9. "Almost Like Being in Love" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) – 2:22
  10. "I Want to Talk About You" (Billy Eckstine) – 2:53

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Jazzlists: Argo/Cadet discography (LP 601 to LP 699) discography accessed June 25, 2019
  2. ^ Both Sides Now: Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956–1965) accessed June 25, 2019
  3. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Lorez Alexandria: Early in the Morning + Deep Roots – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 25, 2019.