Teach Me Tonight/This Time The Dream’s On Me/I’m Gonna Laugh You Out Of My Life/I Wish You Love/Guess Who I Saw Today/If Dreams Come True/What A Little Moonlight Can Do/The Great City/He’s My Guy/Something Happens To Me/Call It Stormy Monday/Something Wonderful Happens
Arranged by Billy May, Something Wonderful is an early release from jazz styled vocalist Nancy Wilson before she achieved her commercial breakthrough.
“Nancy Wilson has one of the most unique voices ever. Her vocals are crisp, jazzy and fun, and I don't imagine she was much older than her early twenties for this release. This is one of her absolute best recordings.”
“An early 'classic' Nancy Album. As usual, Nancy's standards are definitive in my opinion. Her phrasing is what vocal jazz is all about. A must for all true vocal jazz connoisseurs.”
“While no great innovator, Nancy Wilson was a supreme stylist with impeccable taste. These recordings represent a stunning set, special then and all too rare today.”
“Nancy Wilson is one of the greatest empresses of jazz. Not only was she flawless in her diction and impeccable in her phrasing, she was rich in tone and spellbinding in her delivery. A magnificent storyteller whose improvisations were always tasteful and artfully done.”
“Nancy Wilson's Something Wonderful is an amazing album, a great example of Nancy's very early work. The clarity and range of her vocals are what stand out here, as well as the great musicians backing her up. It is expertly arranged by Billy May. Capitol Records had some serious guys who knew what they were doing capturing the beauty, talent and soul of Miss Wilson.”
“Teach Me Tonight immediately displays the rich colour of her voice. On Guess Who I Saw Today incredulous wounded innocence melts into resignation over her husband’s betrayal. Something Wonderful reveals a similar gliding tenderness. Yet this rich voice can swing hard when the occasion arises as in If Dreams Come True. The Great City is a perfectly expressed, stand alone classic.
"If I had my Way " and all the above La Maestra Nancy Wilson just simply the best music in the whole world!!!!
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