It was her second release for Capitol Records and was produced by Ken Mansfield and husband, Waylon Jennings.

It was recorded September–October 1975 at Woodland Sound Studios in Nashville and released in January 1976, becoming one of two albums issued by Colter in 1976.

[3] The album spawned one major hit, "It's Morning (And I Still Love You)," which peaked at #11 on the Hot Country Songs chart in early 1976.

[4] Allmusic reviewed Jessi and gave it four and a half out of five stars.

Reviewer, Jim Worbois stated he was surprised that, "this record wasn't more popular than it was.