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Jam Session (album)

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Released
  
1955

Jam Session(1954)
  
Dimensions(1954-55)

Label
  
EmArcy Records

Length
  
46:47

Release date
  
1955

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
August 14, 1954Los Angeles, California

Artists
  
Max Roach, Dinah Washington, Maynard Ferguson

Similar
  
Richie Powell albums, Jazz albums

Jam Session is a live album by American trumpeters Clifford Brown, Clark Terry and Canadian trumpeter Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in early 1954 and released on the EmArcy label. The album was recorded at the same session that produced Dinah Washington's Dinah Jams and is often credited to the Clifford Brown All Stars.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars and Scott Yanow, in his review, calls it "A brilliant set that is highly recommended".

Track listing

  1. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) - 14:56
  2. "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 5:16
  3. "Move" (Denzil Best) - 14:28
  4. "My Funny Valentine/Don't Worry 'bout Me/Bess, You Is My Woman Now/It Might as Well Be Spring" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers/Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler/George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin/Oscar Hammerstein II, Rogers) - 11:29

Personnel

  • Clifford Brown, Maynard Ferguson, Clark Terry - trumpet
  • Herb Geller - alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
  • Harold Land - tenor saxophone
  • Junior Mance (tracks 1, 3 & 4), Richie Powell - piano
  • Keter Betts, George Morrow - bass
  • Max Roach - drums
  • Dinah Washington - vocals (track 2)

    • Songs

    1What Is This Thing Called Love15:08
    2Darn That Dream5:18
    3Medley: My Funny Valentine / Don't Worry 'Bout Me / Bess - You Is My Woman Now / It Might as Well Be Spring11:36

    References

    Jam Session (album) Wikipedia
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