| Dodo's Back! | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1962 |
| Recorded | May 9–10, 1961 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Argo LP 4012 |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Dodo's Back! is an album led by pianist Dodo Marmarosa, with Richard Evans on bass and Marshall Thompson on drums. It was recorded on May 9 and 10, 1961, and released the following year on the Argo label. [2]
Marmarosa had been a pianist in big bands and in small bebop bands in the 1940s, but had largely withdrawn from public performances near the end of that decade. [3] As the album title suggests, this was his return to recording and public attention. [3]
The album was recorded in Chicago. [4] The sessions were supervised by Jack Tracy. [4]
Marmarosa's "Mellow Mood" was also recorded in his 1946 session with saxophonist Lucky Thompson. [4] It begins with chords and "continues with an invention of strong accents and timing deceits of several kinds." [4] "Cottage for Sale" is quieter and more lyrical. [4] "Me and My Shadow" contains "fizzing crush accents and fetching multiplications." [4]
At the time of its release, Billboard gave the album a four-star review, describing it as a "swingy trio set. It's quiet piano with a fine feeling for time." [5] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that "His imagination seems as vivid as ever, although there is something stilted and awkward in some of his phrasing, as if he were nervous about getting his ideas out." [6]
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