Booker Little (album)
| Booker Little | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1960 | |||
| Recorded | April 13 & 15, 1960 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 35:15 | |||
| Label | Time | |||
| Producer | Irving Joseph | |||
| Booker Little chronology | ||||
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Booker Little is an album by American jazz trumpeter Booker Little featuring performances recorded in 1960 for the Time label.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Trumpeter Booker Little's second session as a leader (there would only be four) is a quartet outing that puts the emphasis on relaxed tempoes. Little's immediately recognizable melancholy sound and lyrical style are heard in top form".[2]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Track listing
All compositions, and all sessions led, by Booker Little except as indicated
- "Opening Statement" – 6:42
- "Minor Sweet" – 5:38
- "Bee Tee's Minor Plea" – 5:40
- "Life's a Little Blue" – 6:53
- "The Grand Valse" – 4:57
- "Who Can I Turn To?" (Alec Wilder, William Engvick) – 5:25
The following tracks appear in some CD reissues, and do not include the same personnel as the original session and LP. Most CD reissues keep the original LP format.
- "My Old Flame" [take 1 stereo] (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 3:34 (Max Roach Quartet[1])
- "My Old Flame" [take 2 mono] (Coslow, Johnston) – 3:38 (Max Roach Quartet[1])
- "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) – 4:14
- "Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:41
- "Blues De Tambour" (Ed Shaughnessy) – 3:39 (Teddy Charles Sextet[1])
- "Tune Up" (Miles Davis) – 5:21 (Max Roach New Quintet[1])
- Recorded in Chicago in June 1958 (tracks 7 & 8), at the Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island on July 6, 1958 (track 12), and in New York City in October 1958 (tracks 9 & 10), April 13, 1960 (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6) April 15, 1960 (tracks 3 & 4), and August 25, 1960 (track 11).
Personnel
- Booker Little – trumpet
- Tommy Flanagan (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6), Wynton Kelly (tracks 3 & 4) – piano
- Scott LaFaro (tracks 1–6) – bass
- Roy Haynes (tracks 1–6) – drums
Additional tracks on later CD reissues:
- George Coleman (tracks 7–10 & 12) – tenor sax
- Ray Draper (tracks 9, 10 & 12) – tuba
- Eddie Baker (tracks 7 & 8), Tommy Flanagan (tracks 9 & 10), Mal Waldron (track 11) – piano
- Bob Cranshaw (tracks 7 & 8), Art Davis (tracks 9, 10 & 12), Addison Farmer (track 11) – bass
- Max Roach (tracks 7–10 & 12), Ed Shaughnessy (track 11) – drums
References
- ^ a b c d e "Booker Little Discography". Jazz Discography Project. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 7, 2011
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 127. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 899. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.