Counterpoint for Six Valves

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Released 1956 Producer Bill Grauer Genre Jazz		Release date 1956 Label Hallmark Records

Recorded March 16 & 17, 1955 and April 23, 1956Reeves Sound Studios, New York City Counterpoint for Six Valves(1955) The Voice of Marty Bell - The Quartet of Don Elliott(1956) Artists Don Elliott, Rusty Dedrick Similar Don Elliott albums, Jazz albums

Counterpoint for Six Valves is an album by American jazz trumpeters Don Elliott and Rusty Dedrick which was recorded in 1955 for the Riverside label. The album features six tracks that were originally recorded in 1955 and released as the 10-inch LP, Six Valves along with four additional tracks from 1956. This album was also reissued on the Jazzland label as Double Trumpet Doings.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Dick Hyman except as indicated

"Mine" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:08
"Vampire Till Ready" - 5:03 originally released on 6 Valves
"Your Own Iron" - 5:01 originally released on 6 Valves
"It's Easy to Remember" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:55 originally released on 6 Valves
"The Bull Speaks" - 3:20
"Dominick Seventh" - 5:08 originally released on 6 Valves
"Gargantuan Chant" - 4:41 originally released on 6 Valves
"When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) - 5:07 originally released on 6 Valves
"Henry's Mambo" - 2:15
"Theme and Inner Tube" - 1:59