This set (reissued on CD) was a very unusual release for Blue Note.
Greene's mixture of R&B and soulful blues in a voice very reminiscent of late-period
Dinah Washington is much more pop and blues-oriented than the music on any other Blue Note release from the period. What other Blue Note album has a full program of soul ballads clocking in between three to five minutes apiece? Although
Dodo Greene (who had recorded one slightly earlier record for Time) was apparently signed to an exclusive contract, her only other Blue Note session (six of its nine numbers conclude this CD) had never been previously released. In reality, the main reason to acquire the relaxed set is for the warm tenor of
Ike Quebec (who is perfect in this setting) and the occasional guitar of
Grant Green. A true obscurity. ~ Scott Yanow