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Julius Watkins Sextet

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Released
  
1995

Julius Watkins Sextet (1954-55)
  
Les Jazz Modes (1957)

Release date
  
1995

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Length
  
41:50

Artist
  
Julius Watkins

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
August 8, 1954 and March 20, 1955

Studio
  
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Similar
  
Julius Watkins albums, Jazz albums

Julius Watkins Sextet is a CD by horn player Julius Watkins featuring tracks recorded in 1954 and 1955 which were originally released as two 10 inch LPs (BLP 5053, 5064) on the Blue Note label.

Contents

Julius watkins sextet


Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The French horn might be a difficult instrument, but Watkins played it with the warmth of a trombone and nearly the fluidity of a trumpet. All nine straight-ahead selections on his CD are group originals, with Duke Jordan's future standard "Jordu" being heard in one of its earliest versions. Overall, the music fits into the modern mainstream of the period. This early effort by Julius Watkins is easily recommended".

Track listing

All compositions by Julius Watkins except where noted.

  1. "Linda Della" (George Butcher) - 5:18
  2. "Perpetuation" - 5:06
  3. "I Have Known" - 4:25
  4. "Leete" - 4:50
  5. "Garden Delights" - 4:43
  6. "Julie Ann" - 3:32
  7. "Sparkling Burgundy" - 4:15
  8. "B and B" - 4:57
  9. "Jordu" (Duke Jordan) - 4:44

Personnel

  • Julius Watkins - French horn
  • Frank Foster (tracks 1-4), Hank Mobley (tracks 5-7 & 9) - tenor saxophone
  • George Butcher (tracks 1, 2 & 4), Duke Jordan (tracks 5-9) - piano
  • Perry Lopez - guitar (tracks 1-4, 6, 8 & 9)
  • Oscar Pettiford - bass
  • Art Blakey (tracks 5-9), Kenny Clarke (tracks 1-4) - drums

    • References

    Julius Watkins Sextet Wikipedia
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