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Released
  
1956

Talkin' & Walkin' (1955)
  
Embers Glow (1956)

Release date
  
1956

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
70:12

Artist
  
Kenny Drew

Label
  
Lumi Entertainment

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Recorded
  
December, 1955 Capitol Studios, Los Angeles

Similar
  
This Is New, Home Is Where the Soul Is, Undercurrent, Kenny Drew Trio, Bluesnik

Talkin' & Walkin' is an album by pianist Kenny Drew recorded in 1955 and originally released on the Jazz:West label. The album was subsequently rereleased on Pacific Jazz and on CD on Blue Note with three additional live tracks recorded around the same time.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review states "Excellent modern mainstream music of the mid-'50s".

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Drew except as indicated

  1. "Talkin' Walkin'" - 6:19
  2. "In the Prescribed Manner" - 5:06
  3. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mack Gordon) - 5:30
  4. "Wee-Dot" (J. J. Johnson, Leo Parker) - 5:45
  5. "Hidden Channel" - 4:50
  6. "Deadline" - 3:20
  7. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) - 4:57
  8. "Minor Blues (Blues in a Cardboard Box)" - 5:42
  9. "Walkin' Talkin'" - 5:42
  10. "It's a Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, Billy Rose, E.Y. Harburg) - 6:56 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Leroy's Blues" - 5:55 Bonus track on CD reissue
  12. "Contour" - 7:18 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded at the Forum Theatre in Los Angeles on November 18, 1955 (tracks 10-12) and at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles in December 1955 (tracks 1-9)

    • Personnel

  • Kenny Drew - piano
  • Jack Sheldon - trumpet (tracks 10-12)
  • Joe Maini - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Leroy Vinnegar - bass
  • Lawrence Marable - drums

    • Songs

    1Talkin & Walkin6:19
    2In the Prescribed Manner5:03
    3Prelude to a Kiss5:30

    References

    Talkin' & Walkin' Wikipedia
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