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Released
  
1958

Artist
  
Leroy Vinnegar

Producer
  
Lester Koenig

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
41:06

Release date
  
1958

Label
  
Original Jazz Classics

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Recorded
  
July 15 and September 6 & 23, 1957 Los Angeles, CA

Jazz albums
  
Leroy Walks Again!!, Some Like It Hot, Blues and Vanilla, Live at Slugs', Kelly at Midnight

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Leroy Walks! is the debut album by American jazz bassist Leroy Vinnegar recorded in 1957 and released on the Contemporary label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow called it "A fine, straight-ahead session".

Track listing

  1. "Walk On" (Leroy Vinnegar) - 8:23
  2. "Would You Like to Take a Walk?" (Mort Dixon, Billy Rose, Harry Warren) - 6:52
  3. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 5:37
  4. "Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) - 6:24
  5. "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 4:47
  6. "I'll Walk Alone" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 3:30
  7. "Walking by the River" (Una Mae Carlisle, Robert Sour) - 5:33
  • Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on July 15 (tracks 1 & 4), September 6 (tracks 3, 5 & 6), and September 23 (tracks 2 & 7), 1957

    • Personnel

  • Leroy Vinnegar - bass
  • Gerald Wilson - trumpet
  • Teddy Edwards - tenor saxophone
  • Victor Feldman - vibraphone
  • Carl Perkins - piano
  • Tony Bazley - drums

    • Songs

    1Walk On8:23
    2Would You Like to Take a Walk?6:52
    3On the Sunny Side of the Street5:37

    References

    Leroy Walks! Wikipedia
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