Tender Loving Care (album)

Tender Loving Care is a 1966 album by Nancy Wilson, arranged by Billy May. Jason Ankeny of AllMusic wrote: "Wilson is at her best here, taking full command of the familiar songs and re-animating them with vocals that are bold, sophisticated, and daringly adult."[3]

Tender Loving Care
Studio album by Nancy Wilson
Released	July 1966
Recorded	January 24–26, 1966[1]
Venue	Los Angeles
Studio	Capitol Studios
Genre	Vocal jazz
Label	Capitol
Producer	David Cavanaugh
Nancy Wilson chronology
A Touch of Today (1967) Tender Loving Care (1966) Nancy – Naturally (1968)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Don't Go to Strangers" (Arthur Kent, David Mann, Redd Evans)
2. "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Don Redman, Andy Razaf)
3. "Your Name Is Love" (Gene de Paul, Charles Rinker)
4. "Too Late Now" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner)
5. "Like Someone in Love" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
6. "Tender Loving Care" (Johnny Mercer, Ronnell Bright)

Side 2

1. "As You Desire Me" (Allie Wrubel)
2. "I Want To Talk About You" (Billy Eckstine)
3. "Love-Wise" (Marvin Fisher, Kenward Elmslie)
4. "Try A Little Tenderness" (Harry M. Woods, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly)
5. "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere)

Personnel

Performance

• Nancy Wilson – vocals
• Ronnell Bright[4] – piano
• John Collins – guitar
• Buster Williams – double bass
• Shelly Manne – drums
• Catherine Gotthoffer – harp (1,4,10-11)
• Verlye Mills – harp (3,6-7,9)
• Uan Rasey – trumpet (2,5,8)
• Al Porcino – trumpet (2,5,8)
• Joseph Graves – trumpet (2,5,8)
• James Salko – trumpet (2,5,8)
• Lew McCreary – trombone (2,5,8)
• Richard Noel – trombone (2,5,8)
• Tommy Pederson – trombone (2,5,8)
• William Schaefer – trombone (2,5,8)
• Vincent DeRosa – French horn (2,5,8)
• Arthur Frantz – French horn (2,5,8)
• Richard Perissi – French horn (2,5,8)
• James Decker – French horn (2,5,8)
• Red Callender – tuba (2,5,8)

From The Music of Billy May: A Discography (Greenwood Press, 1998).[1]

References

1. Mirtle, Jack (1998). The Music of Billy May: A Discography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. pp. 258–260. ISBN 0313307393.
2. Allmusic review
3. Tender Loving Care at AllMusic
4. "JazzWax Interview: Ronnell Bright". JazzWax. 2008-04-21.