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Fred Katz and his Jammers

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Released
  
1959

Release date
  
1959

Label
  
Trunk Records

Artist
  
Fred Katz

Producer
  
Fred Katz

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
March 12, May 26 and August 28, 1959 Decca Studios, Hollywood, CA

Similar
  
Fred Katz albums, Jazz albums

Fred Katz and his Jammers is an album by Fred Katz originally released on Decca in 1959.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic gave the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Fred Katz except as indicated

  1. "Feeling the Blues" (Leroy Vinnegar) - 6:40
  2. "Elegy" - 2:30
  3. "Imagination" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 3:22
  4. "Vintage 57" (Vinnegar, Walter Norris) - 4:24
  5. "Old Folks" (Willard Robison, Dedette Lee Hill) 4:51
  6. "The Blow Is to Know" - 4:31
  7. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) - 4:38
  8. "Ruby, My Dear" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:57
  9. "Dixie, Why Not?" - 4:08
  10. "Dexterity" (Charlie Parker) - 3:32
  • Recorded at Decca Studios in Hollywood, CA on March 12 (tracks 1, 3 & 6), May 26 (tracks 4, 5 & 8) and August 28 (tracks 2, 7, 9 & 10), 1959

    • Personnel

  • Fred Katz - cello
  • Don Fagerquist (tracks 1, 3-6 & 8), Pete Candoli (tracks 2, 7, 9 & 10) - trumpet
  • Gene Estes - vibraphone
  • Johnny Pisano - guitar
  • Leroy Vinnegar - bass
  • Frank Butler (tracks 2, 7, 9 & 10), Billy Higgins (tracks 4, 5 & 8), Lenny McBrowne (tracks 1, 3 & 6) - drums

    • Songs

    1Feeling the Blues6:40
    2Elegy2:32
    3Imagination3:24

    References

    Fred Katz and his Jammers Wikipedia
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