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Animal Dance (album)

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Released
  
1964

Producer
  
John Lewis

Animal Dance (1962)
  
Tension (1963)

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Length
  
34:59

Animal Dance (1962)
  
Essence (1962)

Release date
  
1964

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
July 30, 1962 Baden-Baden, West Germany

Artists
  
Albert Mangelsdorff, John Lewis, Zagreb Jazz Quartet

Jazz albums
  
European Encounter, The John Lewis Piano, Jazz Abstractions, The Two Sides of Jack Wils, Live at Memory Lane

Animal Dance is an album by American pianist and composer John Lewis and German trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff (with The Zagreb Jazz Quartet contributing one track) which was recorded in West Germany for the Atlantic label in 1962.

Contents

Reception

Ken Dryden in his review for AllMusic states, "none of the musicians had ever played together, though it made little difference as they quickly absorbed the originals of Lewis and Mangelsdorff, along with the familiar standard "Autumn Leaves" (a trio arrangement omitting Lewis) and Gary McFarland's "Why Are You Blue.".

Track listing

All compositions by John Lewis except as indicated

  1. "Animal Dance" - 2:39
  2. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 6:41
  3. "Set 'Em Up" (Albert Mangelsdorff) - 3:18
  4. "Monday in Milan" - 5:25
  5. "The Sheriff" - 3:52
  6. "Why Are You Blue?" (Gary McFarland) - 6:30
  7. "Ornaments" (Davor Kajfes) - 6:34

Personnel

Tracks 1-6:

  • John Lewis - piano (tracks 1 & 2-6)
  • Albert Mangelsdorff - trombone
  • Karl-Theodor Geier - bass
  • Silvije Glojnaric - drums
  • Track 7:

  • Bosko Petrovic - vibraphone
  • Davor Kajfes - piano
  • Miljenko Prohaska - bass
  • Silvije Glojnaric - drums
  • Songs

    1Animal Dance2:39
    2Autumn Leaves6:42
    3Set 'em Up3:18

    References

    Animal Dance (album) Wikipedia