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Star Bright (Dizzy Reece album)

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Released
  
March 1960

Star Bright (1959)
  
Comin' On! (1960)

Release date
  
March 1960

Label
  
Blue Note Records

Length
  
39:31

Artist
  
Dizzy Reece

Producer
  
Alfred Lion

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
November 19, 1959 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs

Similar
  
Blues in Trinity, Soundin' Off, Comin' On!, Asia Minor, Mosaic Select

Star Bright is an album by Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece, featuring performances recorded in 1959 shortly after his move to New York City and released on the Blue Note label. So far, it has been released on CD only in Japan.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Reece except as indicated
  1. "The Rake" - 6:06
  2. "I'll Close My Eyes" (Kaye, Reid) - 5:57
  3. "Groovesville" - 8:08
  4. "The Rebound" - 6:48
  5. "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) - 6:51
  6. "A Variation on Monk" - 5:41

Personnel

  • Dizzy Reece - trumpet
  • Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone
  • Wynton Kelly - piano
  • Paul Chambers - bass
  • Art Taylor - drums
  • Songs

    1The Rake6:06
    2I'll Close My Eyes5:57
    3Groovesville8:07

    References

    Star Bright (Dizzy Reece album) Wikipedia