Trudy Pitts (2)

TRUDY PITTS & PAT MARTINO - LEGENDS OF ACID JAZZ (1999)

2. The Spanish Flea
3. Something Wonderful
4. Take Five
5. It Was a Very Good Year
6. Siete
7. Night Song
8. Fiddlin'
9. Matchmaker, Matchmaker
10. Organology
11. The House of the Rising Sun
12. Just Us Two
13. Eleanor Rigby
14. Count Nine
15. Man and a Woman
16. A Whiter Shade of Pale
17. Teddy Makes Three
18. These Blues of Mine
19. What the World Needs Now

Personnel: Trudy Pitts (vocals, organ); Pat Martino (guitar);

Bill Carney (drums); Abdu Johnson (congas).

TRUDY PITTS - INTRODUCING THE FABULOUS TRUDY PITTS (1967)

1. It Was a Very Good Year
2. Siete
3. Fiddlin'
4. Steppin' in Minor
5. Something Wonderful
6. Matchmaker, Matchmaker
7. Music for Girl Watchers
8. Spanish Flea
9. Night Song

A strong debut from Trudy Pitts, divided between covers of pretty mainstream standards ("The Spanish Flea," "It Was a Very Good Year," "Matchmaker, Matchmaker") and gutsier straight soul-jazz, including four originals by Bill Carney, whose "Organology" is a highlight for its nervous, bopping edge. The languorous swells of the opening number "Steppin' in Minor" make you think you're in for a set of swank lounge-jazz, but the pace quickly picks up, and Pitts really catches fire on "Take Five," jamming a lot of notes into her improvisation without sounding self-indulgent. Pat Martino's guitar is graceful and sensitive throughout, and the trio of Pitts, Martino, and Carney is embellished by Abdu Johnson on conga. Introducing the Fabulous Trudy Pitts is teamed with another 1967 Pitts LP, These Blues of Mine, on the 1998 single-disc Prestige CD Legends of Acid Jazz. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide