The Song Is You/The Very Thought Of You/Satin Doll/Bewitched/Suffering With The Blues/Someone To Watch Over Me/The Best Is Yet To Come/Never Let Me Go/Send Me Yesterday/All My Tomorrows/Please Send Me Someone To Love/Blue Prelude
Jazz styled vocalist Nancy Wilson scored her highest placed LP with Yesterday's Love Songs Today's Blues. Arrangements and backing are from Gerald Wilson and his orchestra. (US:4)
"Nancy Wilson can do it all. A singer who sings some jazz, some pop, some blues, some soul, and some standards from the Great American Songbook, she manages to do everything well and appeal to everyone."
"With her light, high voice and great feel for tempo and phrasing, she ranges here from an Eartha Kitt-like sound in Bewitched to the gorgeous ballad Never Let Me Go."
"This album stands among the relatively small number of recordings that deserve to be regarded as 'great.' Most people seek it out for Ms. Wilson's arresting and sly performance of Satin Doll. But there is so much more here. She pushes more perfectly shaped soul through her vocal chords than seems humanly possible, song after song, until this very brief album has ceased and left a most unwanted silence."
"Gerald Wilson and his Orchestra offer wondrous playing and arrangements that complement each song meaningfully, deftly, and with obvious respect for the great singer they back. Its truly some of the most impressive orchestral work of the period."
"The songs, the arrangements and the vocals are as good and as relevant as I remembered the album I owned in the mid-60s. Nancy Wilson's presentation of these songs is terrific. Gerald Wilson's arrangements are both lush and jazzy. Anyone who likes smooth jazz should have this album in their collection."
"Coming on the heels of Nancy's breakthrough Broadway and Hollywood albums this one put the icing on the cake with a clever title and great selection of songs."
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