My Hour of Need


My Hour of Need is an album by jazz vocalist Dodo Greene featuring performances accompanied by the Ike Quebec Quintet recorded in 1962 and released on the Blue Note label. The 1996 Connoisseur Series limited edition CD reissue features another six previously unissued tracks recorded at later sessions for a proposed follow-up album.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "This set 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.... In reality, the main reason to acquire the relaxed set is for the warm tenor of Ike Quebec and the occasional guitar of Grant Green. A true obscurity".

Track listing

  1. "My Hour of Need" – 4:54
  2. "Trouble in Mind" – 4:45
  3. "You Are My Sunshine" – 3:00
  4. "I'll Never [Stop Loving You (1955 song)|I'll Never Stop Loving You]" – 4:01
  5. "I Won't Cry Anymore" – 3:45
  6. "Lonesome Road" – 4:13
  7. "Let There [Be Love (1940 song)|Let There Be Love]" – 3:28
  8. "There Must Be a Way" – 3:29
  9. "Down by the Riverside" – 4:06
  10. "Little Things Mean a Lot" – 4:06
Bonus tracks on 1996 CD reissue:
  2. "You Don't [Know Me (Cindy Walker song)|You Don't Know Me]" – 2:44
  3. "Not One Tear" – 3:03
  4. "I Hear" – 3:37
  5. "Time After Time" – 3:32
  6. "Everybody's Happy But Me" – 3:10
  7. "Jazz in My Soul" – 2:38