Cross Section (album)

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Cross Section
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Studio album by
Billy Taylor
Released1956
RecordedMay 7, 1953 and July 30, 1954
New York City and Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length35:51
Label Prestige
PRLP 7071
Billy Taylor chronology
Billy Taylor Trio
(1955)		Cross Section
(1956)		 The Billy Taylor Trio with Candido
(1955)

Cross Section is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor featuring tracks recorded in 1953 and 1954 for the Prestige label. [1] The album rereleased eight tracks from 1954 which had originally been issued on the 10-inch LP Billy Taylor Plays for DJs along with four Mambo sides from 1953. [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "the four originals (which alternate with standards) were all dedicated to disc jockeys of the time. The trio was pretty tight with Taylor in the lead and, although boppish, it also looked back toward the swing era... The four mambos are ideal both for listening and for dance music. An enjoyable set". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Billy Taylor, except where noted.

  1. "Eddie's Theme" – 2:45
  2. "Mood for Mendes" – 3:06
  3. "Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing, George David Weiss) – 2:52
  4. "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) – 3:21
  5. "Tune for Tex" – 2:56
  6. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:44
  7. "Biddy's Beat" – 3:09
  8. "I'll Be Around" (Alec Wilder) – 2:48
  9. "I Love to Mambo" – 2:53
  10. "Candido Mambo" – 3:08
  11. "Early Morning Mambo" – 2:53
  12. "Mambo Azul" – 2:16

Note

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed August 21, 2012
  2. ↑ Billy Taylor discography Archived 2007-12-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 21, 2012
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 21, 2012
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1379. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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