Guess Who I Saw Today: Nancy Wilson Sings Songs of Lost Love

by Nancy Wilson

Overview

A song of lost love shouldn't be confused with a torch song. Carrying a torch for someone is a lonely occupation, and torch singers inevitably address only a wall, or a bartender, or perhaps their intended love in absentia. Lost love is a broader lament and can be directed inwardly or outwardly; it can remain alone in its grief or grow accusatory and confrontational. Guess Who I Saw Today: Nancy Wilson Sings Songs of Lost Love is one in a loose series of three Capitol compilations to compile Wilson's late-'50s and early-'60s prime, the others focusing on blues balladry and the Great American Songbook. Many of Wilson's greatest performances fit this disc's concept, suiting her talents at performing songs while adding dramatic turns more associated with speaking than singing. The title track (and opener), "Guess Who I Saw Today," is the best, one of her signature songs. Elsewhere she neatly removes the melodrama from "The Days of Wine and Roses" (no small feat) and injects just the right amount of sober dismissal into "You Can Have Him." ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	08/30/2005
Label:	Capitol
UPC:	0724347755620

Tracks

1. Guess Who I Saw Today
2. The Days of Wine and Roses
3. When Sunny Gets Blue
4. (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over
5. Here's That Rainy Day
6. You've Changed
7. The Good Life
8. Too Late Now
9. Theme from "Hotel"
10. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
11. Ghost of Yesterday
12. I Wish I Didn't Love You So
13. How Insensitive
14. You Can Have Him

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nancy Wilson   Primary Artist,Vocals
George Shearing Quintet   Primary Artist
Cannonball Adderley   Primary Artist,Sax (Alto)
New George Shearing Quintet   Primary Artist
Lew McCreary   Reeds,Trombone
Bill Green   Reeds,Reeds
Bill Plummer   Guitar (Bass),Bass
John Gray   Guitar
Ted Nash   Clarinet,Flute
Richard Mackey   French Horn
Stan Levey   Drums
Shelly Manne   Drums
Virginia Majewski   Viola
Sid Feller   Conductor
Victor Arno   Violin
John Audino   Trumpet
Alvin Dinkin   Viola
Bill Perkins   Reeds,Saxophone
Paul Horn   Reeds
Joe Comfort   Bass
Chuck Berghofer   Bass
Jack Marshall   Guitar
Walter Bolden   Drums
Larry Bunker   Mallets,Timpani,Percussion
Jack Wilson   Piano
Kenny Dennis   Drums
Joe Howard   Trombone
Don Fagerquist   Trumpet
Bill Hood   Saxophone
Allan Harshman   Viola
Joe Zawinul   Piano
Lou Levy   Piano
Louis Hayes   Drums
Sam Jones   Bass
Samuel Boghossian   Violin
Ronnell Bright   Piano
Ralph Pena   Bass
Marshall Sosson   Violin
Nat Adderley   Cornet
Walter Edelstein   Violin
Oliver Nelson   Conductor
Ray Triscari   Trumpet
Mischa Russell   Violin
Tommy Pederson   Trombone
Gerald Vinci   Violin
Abe Most   Flute,Clarinet
Al Hendrickson   Guitar
Frederick Seykora   Cello
Buddy Collette   Reeds,Saxophone
George Shearing   Piano
Harry "Sweets" Edison   Trumpet
Herb Ellis   Guitar
Willie Smith   Saxophone
James Getzoff   Violin
Donn Trenner   Piano,Harpsichord
Sidney Sharp   Violin
Harry Bluestone   Violin
Billy May   Conductor
Wilbur Schwartz   Saxophone
Chuck Gentry   Saxophone
Earl Palmer   Drums
Justin Gordon   Flute,Clarinet,Saxophone,Clarinet (Bass)
Eddie Costa   Vibraphone
Vincent DeRosa   French Horn
Emil Richards   Percussion
Dick Garcia   Guitar
Ernie Tack   Trombone
Jimmy Jones   Conductor
Mike Melvoin   Organ
Milt Raskin   Piano,Conductor
Bob Hardaway   Flute,Clarinet,Horn (English),Clarinet (Bass)
Buster Williams   Bass
Willie Ruff   French Horn
Jules Jacob   Reeds
Vern Friley   Trombone
Harry Klee   Saxophone
Raphael Kramer   Cello
Dan Lube   Violin
Frederick Soykora   Viola
William Calkins   Reeds
Anne Goodman   Cello
Igor Roroshevsky   Cello
Henry Sigismonti   French Horn
Dwight Carver   French Horn
Justin DiTullio   Cello
Leporte Lucien   Cello
Dan Luse   Violin
John Michael Gray   Guitar
Williams Vandenberg   Cello
Lou Haderman   Violin
Catherine Gotthoffer   Harp
Armand Karpoff   Cello
Edward Bergman   Violin
Louis Kievman   Viola
Albert Steinberg   Violin
Lew McReary   Trombone
Ambrose Russo   Violin
Lou Raderman   Violin
Louis Kaufman   Violin
John Collins   Guitar
Jacques Gasselin   Violin
Ann Mason Stockton   Harp
David Pratt   Cello
Benny Gill   Violin
Erno Neufeld   Violin
Nino Rosso   Cello
Sanford Schonbach   Viola
Henry DeRosa   French Horn
Anatol Kaminsky   Violin
David Duke   French Horn
Phillip Teele   Trombone
Nathan Fershman   Cello
John Fowler   Trumpet

Technical Credits

Sid Feller   Arranger,Orchestral Arrangements
Andy Wiswell   Audio Production,Producer
George Shearing   Arranger,String Arrangements,Orchestral Arrangements
Tom Morgan   Audio Production,Producer
Dave Cavanaugh   Audio Production,Producer
Frank Loesser   Composer
Burton Lane   Composer
Bill Carey   Composer
Arthur Herzog, Jr.   Composer
Alan Jay Lerner   Composer
Carl Fischer   Composer
Vinicius de Moraes   Composer
John Keating   Composer
Johnny Keating   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Leslie Bricusse   Composer
Sacha Distel   Composer
Ron McMaster   Mastering
Robert Quine   Composer
Richard Quine   Composer
Richard Seidel   Compilation Producer
James Van Heusen   Composer
Marvin Fisher   Composer
Oliver Nelson   Arranger
George Jerman   Photography,Cover Photo
Henry Mancini   Composer
Will Friedwald   Liner Notes
Allie Wrubel   Composer
Anthony Newley   Composer
Billy May   Arranger
Jack Segal   Composer
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Composer
Patrick Roques   Design,Art Direction
Jimmy Jones   Arranger
Milt Raskin   Orchestration
Herbert Magidson   Composer
Norman Gimbel   Composer
Johnny Burke   Composer
Murray Grand   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Ken Veeder   Inlay Photography
Gordon H. Jee   Creative Director
Jack Reardon   Composer
Elisse Boyd   Composer
Irene Kitchings   Composer
Alexandre Distel   Composer