Lucy Reed was an obscure Chicago-based singer with a strong voice. Since she does not improvise and she emphasizes slow ballads on her CD reissue (often sounding closer to being a folk singer than a jazz vocalist), this set is of rather limited jazz interest. Alert listeners might pick up the CD because pianist
Bill Evans is on all but three of the selections but be warned;
Evans does not solo at all. Strangely enough the most interesting selections are the four that were previously unreleased and are "bonus cuts" on the CD.