''After the Lights Go Down Low'' is an album by vocalist Al Hibbler, released by the

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label in 1957. The album contains tracks that were recorded between 1950 and 1956, with several being released on the Original and Atlantic labels as singles.Al Hibbler discography
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Reception

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's Arwulf stated that "anyone else putting on such a show would run the risk of sounding foolish, Hibbler had so much class mingled with chutzpah that each performance feels like something from an impossible or imaginary jazz/lieder recital."

Track listing

# " After the Lights Go Down Low" (Leroy Lovett, Allen White) - 3:14 # "You Will Be Mine" (

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) - 3:14 # "Dedicated to You" (Lovett, White) - 2:41 # "Song of the Wanderer" (

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) - 2:23 # "Tell Me" (Lovett) - 3:00 # " Trav'lin' Light" (

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, Johnny Mercer) - 2:30 # "Autumn Winds" (S. Gerwitz) - 3:16 # "This Is Always" ( Harry Warren,

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) - 2:54 # "Now I Lay Me Down to Dream" (

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) - 3:15 # "If I Knew You Were There" (

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, Milton Berle,

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) - 3:06 # "I Won't Tell a Soul I Love You" (Hughie Clark, Ross Parker) - 3:12 # "The Blues Came Falling Down" (Traditional) - 2:46 # " Danny Boy" (Traditional) - 2:29 Bonus track on CD reissue # " Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill,

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) - 3:02 Bonus track on CD reissue *Recorded in New York City on April 19, 1950 (tracks 3, 4, 10 & 13), October 25, 1950 (tracks 6, 12 & 14), June 27, 1951 (tracks 8, 9 & 11) and late 1954 (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)

Personnel

* Al Hibbler -

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with *

Billy Kyle William Osborne Kyle (July 14, 1914 – February 23, 1966) was an American jazz pianist. He is perhaps best known as an accompanist. Biography Kyle was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He began playing the piano in school and ...

and His Orchestra (tracks 3, 4, 10 & 13) *

Billy Taylor Billy Taylor (July 24, 1921 – December 28, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, and from 1994 was the a ...

and His Orchestra (tracks 6, 12 & 14) *

and His Orchestra (tracks 8, 9 & 11) *Leroy Lovett and His Orchestra featuring Sam Taylor,

and

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(tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)

References

{{Authority control Al Hibbler albums 1957 albums Atlantic Records albums Albums arranged by Jimmy Mundy