Released 1955 Release date 1955 Label Universal Music | Artist Illinois Jacquet Producer Norman Granz Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded December 13, 1954
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Illinois jacquet the kid and the brute
The Kid and the Brute is an album by American jazz saxophonists Illinois Jacquet and Ben Webster recorded in late 1954 and released on the Clef label.
Contents
September song the kid and the brute
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars calling it "An excellent example of Illinois Jacquet's hard-swinging and accessible music". in JazzTimes, Stanley Dance noted "The two long blues on which Ben Webster plays are by far the most exciting tracks. Opening the record on the first, he lays down a ferocious challenge, but Jacquet, who in no way appears intimidated by the huffing and puffing, replies in an alert, sparring fashion that contrasts his leaner sound effectively. Jacquet opens on the second, their subsequent exchanges having rare, toe-to-toe intensity, as befits two of the swingingest tenors there have ever been".
Track listing
All compositions by Illinois Jacquet except as indicated
- "I Wrote This for the Kid" - 11:53
- "Saph" (Jacquet, Johnny Acea) - 2:42
- "Mambocito Mio" (Jacquet, Osie Johnson) - 2:51
- "The Kid and the Brute" - 8:26
- "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) - 4:31
- "Jacquet's Dilemma" (Jacquet, Acea) - 3:09
Personnel
Songs
1I Wrote This For The Kid11:53
2Saph2:42
3Mambocito Mio2:51