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Mr. Music (album)

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Released
  
1955

Artist
  
Al Cohn

Label
  
RCA Records

Length
  
38:40

Release date
  
1955

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
December 22 & 23, 1954 New York City

Mr. Music (1954)
  
The Natural Seven (1955)

Similar
  
The Natural Seven, Four Brass One Tenor, Cohn on the Saxophone, The Sax Section, I Feel Like a Newman

Mr. Music is an album by saxophonist and arranger Al Cohn recorded in late 1954 for the RCA Victor label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 2 stars.

Track listing

  1. "Something for Lisa" (Al Cohn) - 6:29
  2. "Count Every Star" (Bruno Coquatrix, Sammy Gallop) - 3:09
  3. "Cabin in the Sky" (Vernon Duke, John La Touche) - 3:06
  4. "Move" (Denzil Best) - 7:19
  5. "Never Never Land" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) - 5:30
  6. "La Ronde" (Oscar Straus, Dorcas Cochran) - 2:47
  7. "This Reminds Me of You" (Ralph Burns) - 3:16
  8. "Breakfast with Joe" (Johnny Carisi) - 4:09
  9. "Cohn My Way" (Manny Albam) - 2:55

Personnel

  • Al Cohn - tenor saxophone
  • Joe Newman - trumpet
  • Billy Byers, Frank Rehak (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6) - trombone
  • Hal McKusick (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6), Gene Quill - alto saxophone
  • Sol Schlinger - baritone saxophone
  • Sanford Gold - piano
  • Billy Bauer (tracks 4 & 5), Sir Osbert Haberdasher (pseudonym for Jimmy Raney, tracks 1, 2 & 6) - guitar
  • Buddy Jones (tracks 3 & 7-9), Milt Hinton (tracks 1, 2 & 4-6) - bass
  • Osie Johnson - drums
  • Manny Albam (track 9), Ralph Burns (track 7), Johnny Carisi (track 8), Al Cohn (tracks 1-6) - arranger

    • Songs

    1Something for Lisa6:28
    2Count Every Star3:08
    3Cabin in the Sky3:06

    References

    Mr. Music (album) Wikipedia
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