Jazz Articles about Lucy Reed

Lucy Reed: This is Lucy Reed

by David Rickert
January 1, 2002

Can excellent arrangements prop up a merely good singer? Listen to this session and be the judge. Lucy Reed is an obscure singer who counted Woody Herman and Charlie Ventura among her admirers; from this session, one can only guess that from those endorsements she was having an off day. Two thirds of the sessions are arranged by either Gil Evans or George Russell, both of whom create colorful washes to provide inventive backing for Reed and the various players. ...