Breezing (album)

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Breezing
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Studio album by
Released1961
RecordedNovember 3, 1960
StudioPlaza Sound Studios, NYC
Genre Jazz
Label Jazzland
JLP 32
Sonny Red chronology
Out of the Blue
(1960)
Breezing
(1961)
A Story Tale
(1961)
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Breezing is an album by American saxophonist Sonny Red recorded in late 1960 and released in 1961 on the Jazzland label. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Sonny Red except as indicated

  1. "Brother B" - 5:02
  2. "All I Do Is Dream of You" (Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown) - 4:03
  3. "The New Blues" - 5:34
  4. "Ditty" - 4:36
  5. "'Teef" - 6:26
  6. "Breezing" - 6:06
  7. "A Handful of Stars" (Ted Shapiro, Jack Lawrence) - 4:42
  8. "If There Is Someone Lovelier Than You" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 2:50

Personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic Overview accessed November 12, 2012
  2. Jazzland Records discography accessed November 12, 2012