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Released
  
1959

Top and Bottom Brass (1959)
  
Color Changes (1960)

Release date
  
1959

Label
  
TP4 Music

Length
  
42:16

Artist
  
Clark Terry Quintet

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
February 24 & 26, 1959 New York City

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Top and Bottom Brass is an album by trumpeter Clark Terry featuring performances recorded in early 1959 and originally released on the Riverside label.

Contents

Reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic says, "Terry is in fine form on a variety of blues, originals and obscurities along with the interesting versions of "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" and "A Sunday Kind of Love" but the results overall are not all that significant".

Track listing

All compositions by Clark Terry except as indicated

  1. "Mili-Terry" - 4:19
  2. "The Swinging Chemise" (Duke Ellington) - 6:58
  3. "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (Cole Porter) - 3:13
  4. "Blues for Etta" - 7:22
  5. "Top 'n' Bottom" - 4:51
  6. ""127"" - 8:06
  7. "A Sunday Kind of Love" (Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Louis Prima, Stan Rhodes) - 3:24
  8. "Mardi Gras Waltz" - 4:03

Personnel

  • Clark Terry - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Don Butterfield - tuba
  • Jimmy Jones - piano
  • Sam Jones - bass
  • Art Taylor - drums
  • Songs

    1Milli-Terry4:20
    2The Swinging Chemise6:58
    3My Heart Belongs to Daddy3:14

    References

    Top and Bottom Brass Wikipedia


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