EARLY IN THE MORNING + DEEP ROOTS: Lorez Alexandria

EARLY IN THE MORNING + DEEP ROOTS: Lorez Alexandria

Early In The Morning:
1. Early in the Morning
2. Don't Explain
3. So Long
4. Good Morning Heartache
5. Trouble Is a Man
6. I Ain't Got Nothing but the Blues
7. Baby Don't You Cry
8. Rocks in My Bed
9. I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So
10. Almost Lost My Mind

Deep Roots:
11. Nature Boy
12. I Was a Fool
13. No Moon at All
14. Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
15. Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
16. Detour Ahead
17. It Could Happen to You
18. Trav'lin' Light
19. Almost Like Being in Love
20. I Want to Talk About You

Bonus Tracks:
21. Traveling Down a Lonely Road
22. Love Look Away
23. The End of a Love Affair
24. Baltimore Oriole [1963]
25. Baltimore Oriole [1957]

Lorez Alexandria – vocals on all tracks

Tracks 1-5:
Ramsey Lewis: piano
Johnny Gray: guitar
Eldee Young: bass
Red Holt: drums

Tracks 6-10 Same personnel as above plus:
Frank Foster: tenor saxophone, arranger
Joe Newman: trumpet
Al Grey: trombone
Frank Wess: flute, tenor saxophone
Freddie Green: rhythm guitar

Tracks 11-20:
Howard McGhee: trumpet
John Young: piano, arranger
George Eskridge: guitar
Israel Crosby: bass
Vernel Fournier: drums

Tracks 21-24:
Ronald Wilson: tenor sax and flute
John Young: piano
George Eskridge: guitar
Jimmy Garrison: bass
Philip Thomas: drums

Track 25:
Ronald Wilson: flute
King Fleming: piano
Wilbur Wynee: guitar
Russel Williams: bass
Vernell Fournier: drums
Audrey Jones: bongo

Recorded 1957(25), 1960(1-10), 1962(11-20) and 1963(21-24)

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