First Prize!

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First Prize!
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Studio album by
Released1967
RecordedSeptember 8 & 12, 1966
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length46:42
Label Prestige
PR/PRST 7506
Producer Cal Lampley
Eddie Daniels chronology
First Prize!
(1967)
This Is New
(1968)

First Prize! is an album by saxophonist/clarinetist Eddie Daniels recorded in 1966 and released on the Prestige label the following year. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars with Scott Yanow stating "When one hears this early Eddie Daniels set, it is surprising to realize that he would remain in relative obscurity for almost another 20 years. As shown on the three of the eight selections on which he plays clarinet, Daniels even at this early stage ranked near the top, while his tenor playing on the remaining numbers was already personal and virtuosic". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Daniels except where noted

  1. "Felicidade" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes) – 9:48
  2. "That Waltz" – 6:56
  3. "Falling in Love with Love" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:40
  4. "Love's Long Journey" – 2:05
  5. "Time Marches On" – 4:05
  6. "The Spanish Flea" (Julius Wechter) – 4:50
  7. "The Rocker" – 3:37
  8. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 10:41

Personnel

References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed May 13, 2019
  2. Eddie Daniels discography accessed May 13, 2019
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Eddie Daniels: First Prize! – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 13, 2019.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 329. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.