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The Jazz Modes

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Released
  
1959

Producer
  
Nesuhi Ertegun

Genre
  
Jazz

Release date
  
1959

Label
  
Atlantic Records

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Recorded
  
October 28, 1957 and November 20, 1958New York City

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Artists
  
Julius Watkins, Charlie Rouse

Similar
  
Julius Watkins albums, Jazz albums

The Jazz Modes is an album by horn player Julius Watkins and saxophonist Charlie Rouse recorded in 1957 and 1958 and released on the Atlantic label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars and stated "This, just short of 40 total minutes of bold, jazz-based creative sounds, is definitely recommended".

Track listing

All compositions by Julius Watkins except as indicated

  1. "The Oblong" - 5:43
  2. "1-2-3-4-0 in Syncopation" - 3:52
  3. "Blue Flame" - 4:02
  4. "Mood in Motion" - 5:38
  5. "Knittin'" (Charlie Rouse) - 6:24
  6. "This 'N' That" (Rouse) - 5:28
  7. "Glad That I Found You" - 2:37
  8. "Princess" - 4:35

Personnel

  • Julius Watkins - French horn
  • Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
  • Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6)
  • Gildo Mahones - piano
  • Martin Rivera - bass
  • Ron Jefferson (tracks 3, 5, 7 & 8), Jimmy Wormworth (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 6) - drums
  • Chino Pozo - congas, bongos (tracks 3, 5, 7 & 8)
  • Eileen Gilbert - vocals (tracks 3, 7 & 8)

    • Songs

    1The Oblong
    21-2-3-4-0 in Syncopation
    3Blue Flame

    References

    The Jazz Modes Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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