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The Thumper

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Released
  
1960

The Thumper (1959)
  
Really Big! (1960)

Release date
  
1960

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
39:50

Artist
  
Jimmy Heath

Label
  
Riverside Records

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Recorded
  
November 27 & 30, 1959 New York City

Similar
  
Jimmy Heath albums, Jazz albums

Jimmy heath sextet the thumper


The Thumper is the debut album by saxophonist Jimmy Heath featuring performances recorded in 1959 originally released on the Riverside label.

Contents

The thumper by jimmy heath


Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic says, "The excellent session of late '50s straightahead jazz is uplifted above the normal level by Heath's writing".

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Heath except as indicated

  1. "For Minors Only" - 4:53
  2. "Who Needs It?" (Wynton Kelly) - 5:35
  3. "Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know)" (Mack David, Duke Ellington) - 5:02
  4. "Two Tees" - 4:14
  5. "The Thumper" - 4:01
  6. "New Keep" - 4:11
  7. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) - 4:35
  8. "I Can Make You Love Me" (Peter DeRose, Bob Russell) - 3:27
  9. "Nice People" - 3:52

Personnel

  • Jimmy Heath - tenor saxophone
  • Nat Adderley - cornet
  • Curtis Fuller - trombone
  • Wynton Kelly - piano
  • Paul Chambers - bass
  • Albert Heath - drums
  • Songs

    1For Minors Only4:56
    2Who Needs It5:41
    3Don't You Know I Care5:04

    References

    The Thumper Wikipedia