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This Mother's Daughter

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This Mother's Daughter
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1976
VenueLos Angeles
StudioRecord Plant
GenreVocal jazz, Jazz-funk
Length40:52
LabelCapitol
ProducerEugene McDaniels
Nancy Wilson chronology
Come Get to This
(1975)
This Mother's Daughter
(1976)
I've Never Been to Me
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz[2]

This Mother's Daughter is a 1976 studio album by Nancy Wilson. Produced by Eugene McDaniels, the album is more jazz-funk and jazz-fusion oriented than Wilson's earlier records, and features musicians such as Blue Mitchell, Steve Gadd, Dave Grusin, George Duke, and Hugh McCracken. Grusin serves as arranger for most of the tracks, with additional arrangements by Duke and McCracken. This Mother's Daughter is Wilson's first album with all 10 tracks being original songs. The album's themes are centered on love, relationships and motherhood.

In an AllMusic review, Jason Ankeny calls This Mother's Daughter "the most soulful record cut by Nancy Wilson during her Capitol tenure," and says that McDaniels' "subtle but ingenious jazz-funk flourishes are essential to the project's immediacy and appeal." Ankeny hails Wilson's performance as "sophisticated yet saucy."[1]

Track listing

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Side 1

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  1. "From You To Me To You" (Rachel Perry) – 3:54
  2. "Love Has Smiled on Us" (Jon Mayer, Perry) – 3:48
  3. "I Don't Want a Sometimes Man" (Perry) – 3:48
  4. "Tree of Life" (Eugene McDaniels) – 4:19
  5. "China" (Dennis Collins Johnson, McDaniels, John Wood) – 3:40

Side 2

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  1. "Now" (Mayer, Marcia Hillman) – 4:54
  2. "This Mother's Daughter" (McDaniels) – 3:55
  3. "He Never Had It So Good" (Mayer, Perry) – 3:10
  4. "When We Were One" (Mayer, Leida Snow) – 3:55
  5. "Stay Tuned" (McDaniels, Perry) – 4:35

Personnel

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From the original liner notes:[3]

Technical personnel

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  • Eugene McDaniels – producer
  • Larkin Arnold – executive producer
  • John Mayer – production assistant
  • Dave Grusin – arranger
  • George Duke – arranger ("China")
  • Hugh McCracken – arranger ("When We Were One")
  • Roy Kohara – art director
  • Mel Dixon – photographer

References

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  1. ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. This Mother's Daughter at AllMusic
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2004). "Nancy Wilson". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (Rev Upd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 941. ISBN 1852271833.
  3. ^ This Mother's Daughter (liner notes). Nancy Wilson. Capitol Records. 1976. ST 11518.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)