It Only Happens Every Time

Al Haig / Thad Jones / Mel Lewis / Monica Zetterlund

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It Only Happens Every Time Review

by Ken Dryden

Swedish singer Monica Zetterlund is backed by the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra on the Inner City LP It Only Happens Every Time. Her phrasing is precise, but her vocal style doesn't always blend well with the big band. Jones' "It Only Happens Every Time" comes off under-rehearsed, as if the chart is still in a state of flux, a similar problem that occurs during "The Second Time Around." Better is the swinging treatment of "Long Daddy Green" and the tearjerker ballad "He Was Too Good to Me." Sadly, none of the instrumental soloists is identified, though Pepper Adams shines on baritone sax in two compositions by the late Lars Gullin, one of Europe's best players of the instrument; this was also Adams' final recording with the band. Overall, this is a good, though hardly essential record.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	It Only Happens Every Time Thad Jones	Al Haig / Thad Jones / Mel Lewis / Monica Zetterlund feat: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra	05:12	Amazon
2	Long Daddy Green Blossom Dearie / Dave Frishberg	Al Haig / Thad Jones / Mel Lewis / Monica Zetterlund feat: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra	03:38	Amazon
3	Silhouette Lars Gullin	Al Haig / Thad Jones / Mel Lewis / Monica Zetterlund feat: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra	04:37	Amazon
4	He Was Too Good to Me Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers	Al Haig / Thad Jones / Mel Lewis / Monica Zetterlund feat: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra	05:05	Amazon
5	The Groove Merchant Jerome Richardson	Al Haig / Thad Jones / Mel Lewis / Monica Zetterlund feat: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra	04:06	Amazon
6	Love to One Is One to Love Thad Jones	Al Haig / Thad Jones / Mel Lewis / Monica Zetterlund feat: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra	04:13	Amazon
7	Happy Again Lars Gullin	Al Haig / Thad Jones / Mel Lewis / Monica Zetterlund feat: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra	04:16	Amazon
8	The Second Time Around Sammy Cahn / James Van Heusen	Al Haig / Thad Jones / Mel Lewis / Monica Zetterlund feat: Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra	05:39	Amazon