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SteveIreneo!

Studio album by

Irene Kral with Al Cohn and His Orchestra

Released

1959

Recorded

February 1959
New York City

Genre

Vocal jazz

Label

United Artists
UAL 3052/UAS 6052

Producer

Jack Lewis

Irene Kral chronology

The Band and I
(1958)

SteveIreneo!
(1959)

Better Than Anything
(1963)

SteveIreneo! is an album by vocalist Irene Kral performing songs written by Steve Allen with Al Cohn's Orchestra which was recorded in 1959 and originally released on the United Artists label.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]
DownBeat	^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Steve Allen except where noted.

"Too Late the Spring" (Alan Shulman, Steve Allen) – 2:21
"Run (Don't Walk)" (Hank Jones, Allen) – 2:24
"The Best Time of the Day" (Chubby Jackson, Allen) – 2:25
"Yes" (Pete Rugolo, Herman Saunders, Lloyd Luhham, Allen) 2:29
"There He Goes" – 2:47
"And Even Then" – 3:03
"Houseboat" (George Duning, Allen) – 3:00
"Cool Blue" (Neal Hefti, Allen) – 2:00
"What Is a Woman" – 2:28
"Spring Is Where You Are" – 2:50
"Impossible" – 2:56
"Pleasant Dreams" – 2:45

Personnel

Irene Kral – vocals
Al Cohn – arranger, conductor
Joe Newman – trumpet
Urbie Green – trombone
Eddie Caine – alto saxophone, flute
Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
Jimmy Raney – guitar
Hank Jones – piano
Chet Amsterdam – bass
Charlie Persip – drums
Joe Venuto – percussion

References

^ Irene Kral discography, accessed November 16, 2016
^ Discography Preview for the United Artists label 30000 & 3000/6000 Series (1958–1972), accessed November 16, 2016
^ Fitzgerald, M., Irene Kral Leader Entry, accessed November 16, 2016
^ Steveireneo! – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
^ Gitler, Ira (21 January 1960). "Irene Kral: Steveireneo". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 2. pp. 35–36.

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Studio albums	The Band and I (1958) SteveIreneo! (1959) Better Than Anything (1963) Wonderful Life (1965) Where Is Love? (1974) Kral Space (1977) Gentle Rain (1977)

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Urbanity (1947–53) Bluebird (1955) Quartet-Quintet (1955) The Trio (and Wendell Marshall, Kenny Clarke, 1955) Hank Jones' Quartet (1956) Have You Met Hank Jones (1956) Gigi (1958) Keepin' Up with the Joneses (and Elvin and Thad Jones, 1958) Porgy and Bess (1958) The Talented Touch (1958) Here's Love (1963) This Is Ragtime Now! (1964) Happenings (and Oliver Nelson, 1966) Hanky Panky (1975) Arigato (1976) Jones-Brown-Smith (1976) Satin Doll: Dedicated to Duke Ellington (1976) Bop Redux (1977) Have You Met This Jones? (1977) I Remember You (1977) Just for Fun (1977) Tiptoe Tapdance (1977–78) Ain't Misbehavin' (1978) Carnaval (and Ron Carter, Sadao Watanabe, Tony Williams, 1978) Compassion (1978) Groovin' High (1978) More Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978) Our Delights (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978) Bluesette (1979) I'm All Smiles (and Tommy Flanagan, 1979) Duo (and Red Mitchell, 1987) The Spirit of 176 (and George Shearing, 1988) The Oracle (1989) Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Sixteen (1991) Steal Away (and Charlie Haden, 1994) Kids: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (and Joe Lovano, 2006) Come Sunday (2010)
The Great Jazz Trio	I'm Old Fashioned (with Sadao Watanabe, 1976) Love for Sale (1976) Direct from L.A. (1977) Kindness Joy Love & Happiness (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (1977) The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard Again (1977) Milestones (1978) New Wine in Old Bottles (1978)
With Bob Brookmeyer	Brookmeyer (1956) Jimmy Raney featuring Bob Brookmeyer (1956) Tonite's Music Today (and Zoot Sims, 1956) Whooeeee (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1956) Stretching Out (Zoot Sims and Brookmeyer Qnt, 1958) Jazz Is a Kick (1960) Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (1961) Gingerbread Men (Clark Terry and Brookmeyer, 1966)
With Al Cohn	That Old Feeling (1955) The Brothers! (and Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca, 1955) Cohn on the Saxophone (1956) From A to...Z (and Zoot Sims, 1956) The Sax Section (1956) Son of Drum Suite (1960)
With Coleman Hawkins	The Hawk in Hi Fi (1956) The Hawk in Paris (1956) Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (1957–58) The High and Mighty Hawk (1958)
With Johnny Hodges	Sandy's Gone (1963) Wings & Things (1965) Blue Notes (1966) Don't Sleep in the Subway (1967) Triple Play (1967) 3 Shades of Blue (1970)
With Milt Jackson	Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson (1948) Opus de Jazz (1955) The Jazz Skyline (1956) Bags & Flutes (1957) Bags & Trane (1959) Statements (1962) Big Bags (1962) For Someone I Love (1963) Milt Jackson Quintet Live at the Village Gate (1963) Much in Common (and Ray Brown, 1964) Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
With J.J. Johnson	J Is for Jazz (1956) Jay and Kai (1957) J.J.'s Broadway (1963) J.J.! (1964) Broadway Express (1965) The Total J.J. Johnson (1966)
With Oliver Nelson	Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66) Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966) The Sound of Feeling (1966–67) The Kennedy Dream (1967) The Spirit of '67 (and Pee Wee Russell, 1967)
With Sonny Stitt	Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955) Sonny Stitt Plays (1955) Sonny Stitt with the New Yorkers (1957) Stitt in Orbit (1960–62) Now! (1962) Goin' Down Slow (1972)
With others	The Cool Sound of Pepper Adams (Pepper Adams, 1957) Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (Pepper Adams, 1963) Conjuration: Fat Tuesday's Session (Pepper Adams, 1983) Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley, 1958) The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966) Bad! Bossa Nova (Gene Ammons, 1962) Big Bad Jug (Gene Ammons, 1972) Got My Own (Gene Ammons, 1972) Baker's Holiday (Chet Baker, 1965) Drummer's Holiday (Louie Bellson, 1956–58) Encore (Eddie Bert, 1955) Montage (split album, Eddie Bert, 1955) Musician of the Year (Eddie Bert, 1955) Late Date with Ruth Brown (Ruth Brown, 1959) Ruth Brown '65 (1964) Bluesin' Around (Kenny Burrell, 1961–62) Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1968) For the Good Times (Rusty Bryant, 1973) Byrd's Word (Donald Byrd, 1955) New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, 1957) Jazz Lab (Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd, Jubilee, 1957) 1 + 3 (Ron Carter, 1978) Bass on Top (Paul Chambers, 1957) Kenny Clarke & Ernie Wilkins (1955) Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars (1955) Rhythm Crazy (Jimmy Cleveland, 1959) Earl Coleman Returns (1956) Last Night When We Were Young (Art Farmer, 1957) Portrait of Art Farmer (1958) The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959) Merry Olde Soul (Victor Feldman, 1960–61) Rhythm Is My Business (Ella Fitzgerald, 1962) New Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1957) Cabin in the Sky (Curtis Fuller, 1962) A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Dizzy Gillespie, 1960) The Bop Session (Dizzy Gillespie, 1975) Ca'Purange (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Soul Groove (Johnny Griffin and Matthew Gee, 1963) Gigi Gryce (1958) You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton, 1964) I Just Dropped by to Say Hello (Johnny Hartman, 1963) The Voice That Is! (Johnny Hartman, 1964) Flute In (Bobbi Humphrey, 1971) Groovin' with Jacquet (Illinois Jacquet, 1951) French Cookin' (Budd Johnson, 1963) Elvin! (Elvin Jones, 1961–62) And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965) Dear John C. (Elvin Jones, 1965) The Deadly Affair (Quincy Jones, 1966) Hello, Hank Jones (Clifford Jordan, 1978) SteveIreneo! (Irene Kral, 1959) The Drum Battle (Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich, 1952) I'm All For You (Joe Lovano, 2003) Joyous Encounter (Joe Lovano, 2004) Classic! Live at Newport (Joe Lovano, 2005) Salute to the Flute (Herbie Mann, 1957) 2-3-4 (Shelly Manne, 1962) Star Highs (Warne Marsh, 1982) Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport (1957) The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961) Helen Merrill with Strings (1955) SO Much Guitar! (Wes Montgomery, 1961) Great Day (James Mody, 1963) Salute to Satch (Joe Newman, 1956) The Midgets (Joe Newman, 1956) Hangin' Out (Joe Newman and Joe Wilder, 1984) All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day, 1962) New York Album (Art Pepper, 1979) So in Love (Art Pepper, 1979) Here's That Raney Day (Jimmy Raney, 1980) Together Again: For the First Time (Buddy Rich and Mel Tormé, 1978) Midnight Oil (Jerome Richardson, 1958) The Chase Is On (Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette, 1957) Flute Suite (A.K. Salim, 1957) The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab, 1957) Jazz Sahib (Sahib Shihab, 1957) Johnny Smith (Johnny Smith, 1967) The Incredible Ira Sullivan (1980) Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More (1963) Warm Wave (Cal Tjader, 1964) Breathe Easy (Cal Tjader, 1977) See You at the Fair (Ben Webster, 1964) Flutes & Reeds (Ernie Wilkins and Frank Wess, 1955) Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955) Wilder 'n' Wilder (Joe Wilder, 1956) The Pretty Sound (Joe Wilder, 1959) But Beautiful (Nancy Wilson, 1969) The Swingin' States (Kai Winding, 1958) Dance to the City Beat (Kai Winding, 1958–59) More Brass (Kai Winding, 1966) Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' (Lester Young, 1958)
Discography

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader	The Brothers (and Stan Getz, 1949–52) Jutta Hipp with Zoot Sims (1956) The Modern Art of Jazz by Zoot Sims (1956) Tonite's Music Today (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1956) Whooeeee (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1956) Zoot! (1956) Locking Horns (and Joe Newman, 1957) Stretching Out (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1958) Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (and Al Cohn, Phil Woods, 1959) Down Home (1960) Two Jims and Zoot/Otra Vez (Jimmy Raney and Jim Hall, 1964) Inter-Action (and Sonny Stitt, 1965) Waiting Game (1966) The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple leaders, 1967) Nirvana (and Bucky Pizzarelli, Buddy Rich, 1974) Basie & Zoot (and Count Basie, 1975) The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1975) Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (and Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson, 1975) If I'm Lucky (and Jimmy rowles, 1977) Art 'n' Zoot (and Art Pepper, 1981)
Recordings with Al Cohn	From A to...Z (1956) The Sax Section (Cohn led, 1956) Tenor Conclave (and Hank Mobley, John Coltrane, 1957) The Four Brothers... Together Again! (and Herbie Steward, Serge Chaloff, 1957) Al and Zoot (1957) Blues and Haikus (Jack Kerouac, 1959) SteveIreneo! (and Irene Kral, Steve Allen, 1959) Son of Drum Suite (Cohn, 1960) You 'n' Me (1960) Either Way (1961) Jazz Mission to Moscow (Cohn, 1962) Body and Soul (1973) Motoring Along (1974)
With Quincy Jones	This Is How I Feel About Jazz (1956) The Birth of a Band! (1959) Quincy Plays for Pussycats (1962) Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964)
With Gerry Mulligan	California Concerts (1954) Presenting the Gerry Mulligan Sextet (1955) Mainstream of Jazz (1956) The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (1957) The Concert Jazz Band (1960) Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band on Tour (1960)
With others	Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1963) Encounter! (Pepper Adams, 1968) Trigger Happy!/East Coast Sounds (Trigger Alpert/Sims, Cohn, Tony Scott, 1956) Chet Baker & Strings (1953–54) Chet Baker Plays the Best of Lerner and Loewe (1959) The Bosses (Count Basie and "Big Joe" Turner, 1973) Louis Bellson Quintet (1954) The Genius of Ray Charles (1959) Jazz Is Universal (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band, 1961) Chris Connor (1956) The Book Cooks (Booker Ervin, 1960) Loose Blues (Bill Evans, 1962) The Aztec Suite (Art Farmer, 1959) South American Cookin' (Curtis Fuller, 1961) Creole Cookin' (Bobby Hackett, 1967) The Hawk in Hi Fi (Coleman Hawkins, 1956) Portraits on Standards (Stan Kenton, 1953) The Kenton Era (Stan Kenton, 1953) The Manhattan Transfer (released 1975) Profiles (Gary McFarland, 1966) Something to Swing About (Carmen McRae, 1959) Ms. Jazz (Carmen McRae, 1973) Metronome All-Stars 1956 (1956) The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1962) Arranged by Montrose (Jack Montrose, 1954) Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson, 1966) The Sound of Feeling (Oliver Nelson, 1966) Jazzhattan Suite (Oliver Nelson/Jazz Interactions Orchestra, 1967) All the Sad Young Men (Anita O'Day, 1962) Transition (Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton, 1974) Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (1954) Samba Para Dos (Lalo Schifrin, Bob Brookmeyer, 1963) Moonlight in Vermont (Johnny Smith, 1952) Phoebe Snow (1974) Broadway Soul (Sonny Stitt, 1965) Vaughan and Violins (Sarah Vaughan, 1958) The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1 (Sarah Vaughan, 1979) Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More (Sarah Vaughan, 1979) The Jazz Guitarist (Chuck Wayne, 1953) At Newport '63 (Joe Williams, 1963)

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