Comin' in the Back Door

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Comin' in the Back Door
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Studio album by
Released1963
RecordedMay 10 and November 14 & 15, 1963
Genre Jazz
Length34:27
Label Verve
Producer Creed Taylor
Wynton Kelly chronology
Someday My Prince Will Come
(1961)
Comin' in the Back Door
(1963)
It's All Right!
(1964)

Comin' in the Back Door is an album by American jazz pianist Wynton Kelly released on the Verve label featuring performances by Kelly with Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb with guitarist Kenny Burrell and an orchestra recorded in 1963. [1]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars. [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

  1. "If That's the Way You Want It" (Gloria Shayne) - 2:36
  2. "Comin' in the Back Door" (Scott Turner) - 2:20
  3. "Don't Wait Too Long" (Sunny Skylar) - 2:10
  4. "Nocturne" (Claus Ogerman) - 2:40
  5. "The Bitter End" (Ogerman) - 2:00
  6. "Theme from "Burke's Law" (Herschel Burke Gilbert) - 2:10
  7. "Quiet Village" (Les Baxter) - 3:09
  8. "Caesar and Cleopatra Theme" (Alex North) - 3:10
  9. "Signing Off" (Leonard Feather) - 2:27
  10. "Little Tracy" (Wynton Kelly) - 2:39
  11. "To Kill a Mockingbird" (Elmer Bernstein) - 2:15

Personnel

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References

  1. Wynton Kelly discography accessed August 19, 2010
  2. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed August 19, 2010