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Asia Minor (album)

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Released
  
1962

Length
  
36:25

Artist
  
Dizzy Reece

Label
  
Concord Records

Recorded
  
March 13, 1962

Asia Minor (1962)
  
From In to Out (1970)

Release date
  
1962

Genre
  
Jazz

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Studio
  
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Similar
  
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Asia Minor is an album by Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece featuring performances recorded in 1962 and originally released on the New Jazz label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "The solos tend to be concise but quite meaningful, and, overall, this hard bop but occasionally surprising session is quite memorable".

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Reece except where noted.

  1. "The Shadow of Khan" – 5:31
  2. "The Story of Love" (Carlos Eleta Almarán) – 4:32
  3. "Yamask" – 5:40
  4. "Spiritus Parkus [Parker's Spirit]" (Cecil Payne) – 4:40
  5. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 7:51
  6. "Ackmet" – 8:11

Personnel

  • Dizzy Reece – trumpet
  • Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
  • Hank Jones – piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Charlie Persip – drums

    • Songs

    1The Shadow Of Khan5:27
    2The Story Of Love4:31
    3Yamask5:39

    References

    Asia Minor (album) Wikipedia
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