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Released
  
1956

Jazz by Gee (1956)
  
Soul Groove (1963)

Release date
  
1956

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
41:32

Artist
  
Matthew Gee

Label
  
Riverside Records

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Recorded
  
July 19 and August 22, 1956 Reeves Sound Studios, New York City

Producers
  
Bill Grauer, Orrin Keepnews

Similar
  
Matthew Gee albums, Jazz albums

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Jazz by Gee is the debut album by American jazz trombonist Matthew Gee featuring tracks recorded in 1956 for the Riverside label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars with Scott Yanow stating "The music is quite bop-oriented and mixes together standards with three swinging Gee originals. An underrated and generally overlooked gem by a forgotten trombonist".

Track listing

All compositions by Matthew Gee except as indicated

  1. "Out of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) - 3:24
  2. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 4:16
  3. "Joram" (Bill Massey) - 3:04
  4. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) - 2:58
  5. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) - 6:11
  6. "Gee!" - 5:00
  7. "Kingston Lounge" - 8:45
  8. "The Boys from Brooklyn" - 7:54
  • Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on July 19 (tracks 6-8) and August 22 (tracks 1-5), 1956

    • Personnel

  • Matthew Gee - trombone
  • Kenny Dorham - trumpet (tracks 6-8)
  • Ernie Henry - alto saxophone (tracks 1-5)
  • Frank Foster - tenor saxophone (tracks 6-8)
  • Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone (tracks 6-8)
  • Joe Knight - piano
  • John Simmons (tracks 6-8), Wilbur Ware (tracks 1-5) - bass
  • Art Taylor - drums

    • Songs

    1Out of Nowhere3:24
    2I'll Remember April4:16
    3Joram3:05

    References

    Jazz by Gee Wikipedia
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