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Released
  
1957

Jazzville Vol. 1 (1956)
  
Les Jazz Modes (1957)

Les Jazz Modes (1957)
  
Mood in Scarlet (1957)

Label
  
Dawn

Producer
  
Chuck Darwin

Les Jazz Modes (1957)
  
Mood in Scarlet (1957)

Release date
  
1957

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
June 12, 1956 New York City

Artists
  
Charlie Rouse, Julius Watkins, Oscar Pettiford, Gildo Mahones, Paul Chambers, Ron Jefferson

Similar
  
Julius Watkins albums, Jazz albums

Les Jazz Modes is an album by Les Jazz Modes Modes led by horn player Julius Watkins and saxophonist Charlie Rouse recorded in 1956 and released on the Dawn label. The album was released on CD with additional tracks from Jazzville Vol. 1 (Dawn, 1956) and Modern Jazz Festival (Jazztone, 1956)

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars

Track listing

All compositions by Julius Watkins except as indicated, all arrangements by Julius Watkins

  1. "Dancing on the Ceiling" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) -2:26 Bonus track on CD reissue
  2. "Legend" (Gildo Mahones) - 3:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
  3. "Temptations" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) - 3:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
  4. "Episode" - 2:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
  5. "Dancing in the Dark" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 2:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
  6. Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) - 3:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
  7. "Town and Country" (Varon) - 4:16
  8. "When the Blues Come On" (Al Cohn, Charles Isaiah Darwin) - 4:15
  9. "Blue Modes" - 4:30
  10. "You Are Too Beautiful" (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:43
  11. "So Far" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Rodgers) - 2:56
  12. "Idle Evening" - 4:16
  13. "Garden Delights" - 5:28
  14. "Strange Tale" - 4:30
  15. "Two Songs" - 3:13
  16. "Stallion" (Mahones) - 3:04 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

  • Julius Watkins - French horn
  • Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
  • Gildo Mahones - piano
  • Paul West (tracks 1-6), Paul Chambers (tracks 7-10, 13, 15 & 16), Oscar Pettiford (tracks 11, 12 & 14) - bass
  • Art Taylor (tracks 1-6), Ron Jefferson (tracks 7-16) - drums
  • Janet Putnam - harp (tracks 8 & 10))
  • Eileen Gilbert - vocals (tracks 8, 10 & 14)

    • Songs

    1Town and Country
    2When the Blues Come On
    3Blue Modes

    References

    Les Jazz Modes Wikipedia
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