Booker Little (album)

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Booker Little
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Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedApril 13 & 15, 1960
Genre Jazz
Length35:15
Label Time
Producer Irving Joseph
Booker Little chronology
Booker Little 4 and Max Roach
(1958)
Booker Little
(1960)
Out Front
(1961)

Booker Little is an album by American jazz trumpeter Booker Little featuring performances recorded in 1960 for the Time label. [1]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Trumpeter Booker Little's second session as a leader (there would only be four) is a quartet outing that puts the emphasis on relaxed tempoes. Little's immediately recognizable melancholy sound and lyrical style are heard in top form". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]

Track listing

All compositions, and all sessions led, by Booker Little except as indicated

  1. "Opening Statement" - 6:42
  2. "Minor Sweet" - 5:38
  3. "Bee Tee's Minor Plea" - 5:40
  4. "Life's a Little Blue" - 6:53
  5. "The Grand Valse" - 4:57
  6. "Who Can I Turn To?" (Alec Wilder, William Engvick) - 5:25
  7. "My Old Flame" [take 1 stereo] (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) - 3:34 (Max Roach Quartet [1] ) Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "My Old Flame" [take 2 mono] (Coslow, Johnston) - 3:38 (Max Roach Quartet [1] ) Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) - 4:14Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 5:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Blues De Tambour" (Ed Shaughnessy) - 3:39 (Teddy Charles Sextet [1] ) Bonus track on CD reissue
  12. "Tune Up" (Miles Davis) - 5:21 (Max Roach New Quintet [1] ) Bonus track on CD reissue

*Recorded in Chicago in June 1958 (tracks 7 & 8), at the Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island on July 6, 1958 (track 12), and in New York City in October 1958 (tracks 9 & 10), April 13, 1960 (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6) April 15, 1960 (tracks 3 & 4), and August 25, 1960 (track 11).

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Booker Little Discography". Jazz Discography Project. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 7, 2011
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 127. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 899. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.