Johnny Hartman I Just Dropped By To Say Hello (Verve By Request) Vinyl LP 2024

1. Charade
2. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
3. Sleepin' Bee
4. Don't You Know I Care
5. Kiss and Run
6. If I'm Lucky
7. I Just Dropped By to Say Hello
8. Stairway to the Stairs
9. Our Time
10. Don't Call It Love
11. How Sweet It Is to Be in Love

The second of three albums Hartman recorded for Impulse (and following the classic Coltrane/Hartman masterpiece), Hartman’s voice is again on display at his best, including ‘Wee Small Hours of the Morning’, ‘Charade’, and ‘Sleepin’ Bee’. Hartman’s supporting cast is nearly as impressive as his voice, with Hank and Elvin Jones (piano/drums), and Milt Hinton (bass) as rhythm section. Kenny Burrell and Jim Hall contribute on guitar across the album and Illinois Jacquet (tenor) performs on five songs. This Verve By Request title is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Third Man in Detroit.