Lem Winchester with Feeling

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AllMusic	[5]
All About Jazz	[6]
DownBeat	[7]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[8]

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The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer applauded the absence of sentimentality in Winchester's playing.^[7] AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow states: "Vibraphonist Lem Winchester's final recording was made just three months before his accidental death, which occurred when he was demonstrating a gun trick. Although originally recorded for the Prestige subsidiary Moodsville (a series that emphasized slow, melodic ballads), there is a fair amount of variety on Winchester's last effort. ... Winchester mixes medium-tempo performances with slower numbers and shows that his style was growing away from his original Milt Jackson influence".^[5] All About Jazz called it "an enjoyable session" observing "Ballads and relaxed tempos prevail, and Winchester is consisently [sic] laid back.".^[6]

1. "Why Don't They Understand" (Jack Fishman, Joe Henderson) – 4:31
2. "Butterfly" (Patrica Bradshaw) – 4:30
3. "With a Song in My Heart" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:28
4. "But Beautiful" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 4:10
5. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) – 6:39
6. "To Love and Be Loved" (Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 3:48
7. "The Kids" (Lem Winchester) – 3:59
8. "My Romance" (Rodgers, Hart) – 4:05

• Lem Winchester – vibraphone
• Richard Wyands – piano
• George Duvivier – bass
• Roy Haynes – drums