Singer
Annie Ross' first solo album after joining
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross finds her at the peak of her powers.
Ross is joined by two versions of the
Gerry Mulligan Quartet with either
Chet Baker or
Art Farmer on trumpet,
Bill Crow or
Henry Grimes on bass, and drummer
Dave Bailey.
Annie Ross is at her best (and most appealing) on "I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face," "Give Me the Simple Life," "How About You," and "The Lady's in Love With You," but all the selections are quite rewarding and her interplay with baritonist
Mulligan is consistently memorable. This date plus its follow-up A Gasser are both essential. [Subsequent CD reissues added several previously unissued selections and one that was originally on a sampler.] ~ Scott Yanow