Angel Eyes: Ballads & Slow Jams

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album three stars and wrote that "Despite the constant changing of instrumentation, the results (although pleasant) are uneventful and somewhat predictable. Good for late-night background music rather than for close listening."[1]

1. "Stolen Moments" (Oliver Nelson) - 7:00
2. "You Better Go Now" (Robert Graham, Bickley S. Reichmer) - 5:15
3. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) - 8:00
4. "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 4:10
5. "Slow Freight" (Lupin Fein, Irving Mills, Buck Ram) - 5:52
6. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 6:25
7. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 7:00
8. "Li'l Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) - 6:15
9. "What a Wonderful World" (Bob Thiele, George David Weiss) - 4:25

Musicians

• Jimmy Smith – organ, arranger
• Roy Hargrove – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Nicholas Payton – trumpet
• Mark Whitfield – guitar
• Christian McBride – double bass
• Damon Krukowski – drums, percussion
• Gregory Hutchinson – drums

Production

• Richard Seidel – liner notes, producer
• Allan Tucker – mastering
• Chris Albert – mixing assistant
• Jimmy Katz – photography
• James Minchin
• Don Sickler – producer
• Camille Tominaro – production coordinator
• Jim Anderson - engineer, mixing
• Giulio Turturro – art direction, design
• Scott Austin – assistant engineer