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Track Listing / Description
A1 The More I See You
A2 A Slow Hot Wind
A3 Let Me Love You
A4 Funny World (Theme Fom Malamondo)
A5 These Foolish Things
A6 My Ship
B1 The Day The World Stopped Turning
B2 Joey, Joey, Joey
B3 Sunrise, Sunset
B4 Waltz For Debbie
B5 It Never Entered My Mind
Recorded over two sessions in August 1964 at Rudy Van Gelder's studio and released on Impulse!, The Voice That Is! was Johnny Hartman's second album for the label, following his landmark collaboration with John Coltrane. Produced by Bob Thiele, the album centers Hartman's warm, precise baritone within a mix of small-group balladry and lightly orchestrated arrangements by Bob Hammer, featuring Hank Jones on piano, Richard Davis on bass, Osie Johnson on drums, and expanded ensemble passages with reeds, brass, and strings. Blending standards like "My Ship" and "The More I See You" with contemporary material such as "Waltz for Debby" and "Charade," the album showcases Hartman's interpretive depth, clarity, and ease, making it one of his most fully realized solo recordings and a testament to his mastery as an interpreter of the American songbook.
Verve's Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.