Humming Bird (Paul Gonsalves album)

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Humming Bird
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Studio album by
Released1970
Recorded1970
Genre Jazz
Length48:12
Label Deram
Producer Jack Sharpe
Paul Gonsalves chronology
With the Swingers and the Four Bones
(1970)
Humming Bird
(1970)
Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin
(1970)
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Humming Bird is an album by jazz saxophonist Paul Gonsalves that was released in the U.K. in 1970. The album was recorded in England with English jazz musicians Alan Branscombe, Stan Tracey, and David Horler, and Canadian trumpeter Kenny Wheeler. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Humming Bird"
  2. "Body and Soul"
  3. "What Is There to Stay"
  4. "It's the Talk of the Town"
  5. "All The Things You Are"
  6. "Sticks"
  7. "X. O. X"
  8. "In a Mellow Tone"
  9. "Almost You"

Personnel

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References

  1. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 570. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  2. Dryden, Ken. "Humming Bird". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 October 2019.