Dale's Wail

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Dale's Wail
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Studio album by
Released1955
RecordedApril 20, 1953 and December, 1953
New York City and Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Label Clef
MGC 705
Producer Norman Granz
Roy Eldridge chronology
Rockin' Chair
(1952)
Dale's Wail
(1955)
Little Jazz
(1954)

Dale's Wail is an album by American jazz trumpeter Roy Eldridge recorded in 1953 and originally released on the Clef label. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating it " features the great swing trumpeter at the peak of his powers". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Roy Eldridge except as indicated

  1. "Dale's Wail" - 3:42
  2. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 3:39
  3. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:38
  4. "Oscar's Arrangement" - 2:40
  5. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 3:18
  6. "Somebody Loves Me" (George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) - 3:30
  7. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) - 3:06
  8. "When It's Sleepy Time Down South" (Clarence Muse, Leon René, Otis René) - 3:02
  9. "Feeling a Draft" - 3:29
  10. "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 3:10
  11. "Echoes of Harlem" (Duke Ellington) - 3:59
  12. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 3:21

Personnel

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References

  1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Clef Label Discography, accessed November 24, 2015
  2. Clef Records Catalog: 700, JATP, 1000, 4000, 2000 series accessed November 24, 2015
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Dale's Wail – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved November 24, 2015.