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Booker Little (album)

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Released
  
1960

Length
  
35:15

Release date
  
1960

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
April 13 & 15, 1960

Producer
  
Irving Joseph

Label
  
M&I Music

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Artists
  
Booker Little, Max Roach, Booker Little 4, Max Roach

Similar
  
Booker Little albums, Jazz albums

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Booker Little is an album by American jazz trumpeter Booker Little featuring performances recorded in 1960 for the Time label. The CD re-release entitled Booker Little: Complete Quartet Recordings added six bonus tracks recorded in 1958.

Contents

Max roach booker little 1961 percussion bitter sweet 01 garvey s ghost


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".

Track listing

All compositions, and all sessions led, by Booker Little except as indicated
  1. "Opening Statement" - 6:42
  2. "Minor Sweet" - 5:38
  3. "Bee Tee's Minor Plea" - 5:40
  4. "Life's a Little Blue" - 6:53
  5. "Grand Valse" - 4:57
  6. "Who Can I Turn To?" (Alec Wilder, William Engvick) - 5:25
  7. "My Old Flame" [take 1 stereo] (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) - 3:34 (Max Roach Quartet) Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "My Old Flame" [take 2 mono] (Coslow, Johnston) - 3:38 (Max Roach Quartet) Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) - 4:14Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 5:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Blues De Tambour" (Ed Shaughnessy) - 3:39 (Teddy Charles Sextet) Bonus track on CD reissue
  12. "Tune Up" (Miles Davis) - 5:21 (Max Roach New Quintet) Bonus track on CD reissue
  • 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
  • Eddie Baker (tracks 7 & 8), Tommy Flanagan (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 & 10), Wynton Kelly (tracks 3 & 4), Mal Waldron (track 11) - piano
  • Bob Cranshaw (tracks 7 & 8), Art Davis (tracks 9, 10 & 12), Addison Farmer (track 11), Scott LaFaro (tracks 1-6) - bass
  • Roy Haynes (tracks 1-6), Max Roach (tracks 7-10 & 12), Ed Shaughnessy (track 11) - drums

    • Songs

    1Opening Statement6:43
    2Minor Sweet5:41
    3Bee Tee's Minor Plea5:41

    References

    Booker Little (album) Wikipedia
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