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Hollar!
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Etta Jones
Cover:	Hollar!.jpg
Recorded:	September 16, 1960, March 30, 1961 and November 28, 1962
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:	Vocal jazz
Length:	33:34
Label:	Prestige PRLP 7284
Producer:	Esmond Edwards
Chronology:	Etta Jones
Prev Title:	Lonely and Blue
Prev Year:	1962
Next Title:	Love Shout
Next Year:	1963

Hollar! is an album by the jazz vocalist Etta Jones which was released through Prestige Records in November 1963.^[1] It was recorded at three separate sessions between 1960 and 1962.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars but stated: "Etta Jones had the spark that made each of her vocals special, though she was never acknowledged properly during a long career.... This is easily one of Etta Jones' best recordings."^[3]

Track listing

"And the Angels Sing" (Ziggy Elman, Johnny Mercer) – 2:37
"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:11
"Give Me the Simple Life" (Rube Bloom, Harry Ruby) – 2:54
"The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 4:13
"Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:49
"Reverse the Charges" (Webster, Clarence Williams) – 2:59
"They Can't Take That Away from Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin) – 2:52
"Answer Me, My Love" (Fred Rauch, Carl Sigman, Gerhard Winkler) – 3:20
"Looking Back" (Brook Benton, Clyde Otis) – 3:44
"Nature Boy" (eden ahbez) – 2:55

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, on September 16, 1960 (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7), March 30, 1961 (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8 & 9) and November 28, 1962 (track 10).

Personnel

Etta Jones – vocals
Oliver Nelson (tracks 4 & 5), Jerome Richardson (track 10) – tenor saxophone
Lem Winchester – vibraphone (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7)
Kenny Burrell (track 10), Bucky Pizzarelli (track 10), Wally Richardson (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8 & 9) – guitar
Sam Bruno (track 10), Jimmy Neeley (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8 & 9), Richard Wyands (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7) – piano
George Duvivier (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7), Michael Mulia (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8 & 9) – bass
Bobby Donaldson (track 10), Roy Haynes (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7), Rudy Lawless (tracks 1, 3, 6, 8 & 9) – drums

Notes and References

News: New York. Ostrow. Marty. 10LPs & 4Singles in Prestige Nov. Release. . The Cash Box Publishing Co.. https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181701/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1963/CB-1963-11-02-OCR-Page-0006.pdf. July 9, 2021. live. 6. November 2, 1963.
http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7200-series/#prlp-7284 Prestige Records discography
Dryden, K. Allmusic listing. Accessed May 30, 2013.