"The first 13 tracks come from the LP of the same title (Columbia CS8554) and present this very good jazz and ballad singer in one of her very few starring appearances on record. This CD compilation produced by Jordi Pujol Lionel Hampton's Decca sessions produced by Milt Gabler Original Columbia recordings produced by John Hammond Irma Curry, vocals, with Lionel Hamptons Orchestra Irma Curry, vocals, with Orchestra Arranged and Conducted by Benny Carter. Irma Curry (vcl), Don Elliott, mellophone, vibes & scat singing Hal McKusick, alto sax Barry Galbraith & Chuck Wayne, guitars Bill Crow, bass and Jo Jones, drums. Track #16, from the 78 rpm Brunswick 04576ĭon Elliott & His Orchestra, arranged by Al Cohn Tracks #14 & 15, from the 45 rpm Vee-Jay VJ 669 Tracks #1-13, from the Columbia album "Love Is A Necessary Evil" (CS8554) (*) Bonus tracks not part of the LP sequence
Comfortable at any tempo, she was quality personified. Driven by clear diction and imaginative phrasing and a fine range, her voice has an insinuating, slightly nasal and sensuous edge. The remaining tracks are four ballads from 1950-1951, beautifully delivered by the singer while she was with Hamptons band. One side of the bonus single is A Heart Must Learn to Cry, Dimitri Tiomkins love theme for the 1965 film 36 hours, arranged by Benny Carter, who composed and arranged the other, We Were In Love. Elliott played vibes, mellophone, and did some scat singing on the main title, while the group is completed by altoist Hal McKusick, guitarists Barry Galbraith and Chuck Wayne, bassist Bill Crow, and drummer Jo Jones. All the lyrics are by Jack Segal, who wrote them in collaboration with four composers, among them George Handy, who contributed with Forgetful and Leavin Town. On her 1962 album Love Is a Necessary Evil, she was accompanied by a very swinging band assembled by Don Elliott to play Al Cohns freshly conceived arrangements, which form an excellent frame for her voice. She soon revealed herself as an impressive singer, with a vocal personality that was her ownThe Little Mite with the Big Voice. Irma Curry was an aspiring blues and jazz singer from Baltimore who landed the vocalist spot with Lionel Hampton and his orchestra in 1950.
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