Terry Morel

TERRY MOREL - SONGS OF A WOMAN IN LOVE (2005)

 

1. Mountain Greenery
2. How About You
3. Night We Called It A Day
4. One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
5. You Stepped Out Of A Dream
6. You're Not The Kind
7. Too Late Now
8. Gentleman Is A Dope
9. Hundred Years From Today
10. Sometimes I'm Happy
11. More Than You Know
12. Who Cares

Songs of a Woman in Love is a quintessential Bethlehem label release -- a smoky, profoundly expressive session bathed in neon tavern light, it's singer Terry Morel's lone release for the label, which seemed to specialize in this kind of one-and-done snapshot of feminine malaise and melancholy. Backed by a trio led by pianist Ralph Sharon and featuring flutist Herbie Mann, Morel's dusky, come-hither vocals mask a deeper emotional turmoil that shades songs like "Too Late Now" and "The Night We Called It a Day." The session is devoid of all traces of the sweetness and innocence that so often define her peers, instead articulating an intimacy and intensity rare in the postwar, pre-feminist '50s. ~ Jason Ankeny

Terry Morel (vo)
Herbie Mann (fl)
Ralph Sharon (p)
Jay Cave (b)
Christy Febbo (ds)