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New Music of Alec Wilder

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Released
  
1956

Artist
  
Mundell Lowe

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
30:21

Release date
  
1956

Label
  
Riverside Records

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Recorded
  
June 12 & 19 and July 3, 1956Reeves Sound Studios, New York City

New Music of Alec Wilder(1956)
  
A Grand Night for Swinging(1957)

Similar
  
Mundell Lowe albums, Jazz albums

New Music of Alec Wilder is an album by American jazz guitarist Mundell Lowe and his orchestra featuring compositions by Alec Wilder recorded in 1956 for the Riverside label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with its review by Scott Yanow calling it "A nice vehicle for an 11-piece group".

Track listing

All compositions by Alec Wilder

  1. "Suggestion for Bored Dancers" - 1:48
  2. "She Never Wore Makeup" - 3:42
  3. "What Happened Last Night?" - 2:08
  4. "Walk Softly" - 2:48
  5. "Let's Get Together and Cry" - 2:34
  6. "Mama Never Dug This Scene" - 1:31
  7. "Pop, What's a Passacaglia?" - 2:25
  8. "No Plans" - 2:38
  9. "The Endless Quest" - 2:47
  10. "Around the World in 2:34" - 2:35
  11. "An Unrelenting Memory" - 3:13
  12. "Tacet for Neurotics" - 2:12
  • Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on June 12, 1956 (tracks 3, 4, 9 & 12) June 19, 1956 (tracks 5, 7, 8 & 11) and July 3, 1956 (tracks 1, 2, 6 & 10)

    • Personnel

  • Mundell Lowe - guitar
  • Joe Wilder - trumpet
  • John Barrows, Jim Buffington - French horn
  • Don Hammond - flute
  • Jerry Roth - oboe
  • Bernard Garfield (tracks 1-4, 6, 9, 10 & 12), Harold Goltzer (tracks 5, 7, 8 & 11) - bassoon
  • Jimmy Carroll - clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Trigger Alpert (tracks 3-5, 7-9, 11 & 12), Milt Hinton (tracks 1, 2, 6 & 10) - bass
  • Ed Shaughnessy - drums

    • References

    New Music of Alec Wilder Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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