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Blue Spring (album)

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Released
  
June 1959

Blue Spring (1959)
  
Quiet Kenny (1959)

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
42:13

Release date
  
1959

Label
  
Riverside Records

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Recorded
  
January 20 (#5-6) & February 18 (#1-4), 1959 New York City

Blue Spring (1959)
  
Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago (1959)

Similar
  
Jazz Contrasts, Cannonball Enroute, In the Land of Hi‑Fi with Julia, Cannonball's Sharpshooters, Jump for Joy

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Blue Spring is a 1959 album by jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham and saxophonist Cannonball Adderley released on the Riverside label, featuring performances by Dorham and Adderley with Dave Amram, Cecil Payne, Cedar Walton, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones or Jimmy Cobb.

Contents

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 4 stars and states: "listeners new to the work of Kenny Dorham should definitely consider this somewhat overlooked Riverside date from 1959. The set features plenty of Dorham's varied and sophisticated horn work and four of his top-drawer originals.... Essential listening for Dorham fans." The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album 3 stars stating "Dorham enjoyed a brief resurgence towards the end of the '50s".

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Dorham except as indicated

  1. "Blue Spring" - 7:42
  2. "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 7:42
  3. "Poetic Spring" - 6:47
  4. "Spring Is Here" (Lorenz Hart, Rodgers) - 6:39
  5. "Spring Cannon" - 4:53
  6. "Passion Spring" - 8:30

Personnel

  • Kenny Dorham - trumpet
  • Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone
  • David Amram - French horn
  • Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone
  • Cedar Walton - piano
  • Paul Chambers - bass
  • Jimmy Cobb - drums (tracks 1-4)
  • Philly Joe Jones - drums (5-6)
  • Songs

    1Blue SpringCannonball Adderley - Kenny Dorham6:13
    2It Might as Well Be SpringCannonball Adderley - Kenny Dorham7:42
    3Poetic SpringCannonball Adderley6:48

    References

    Blue Spring (album) Wikipedia