Jumpin' at the Woodside (album)

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Jumpin' at the Woodside
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Studio album by
Released1955
RecordedMarch 31, 1954, August 13, 1954 and March 15, 1955
StudioNYC
Genre Jazz
Label Columbia
CL 701
Buck Clayton chronology
Buck Clayton Jams Benny Goodman
(1953–54)
Jumpin' at the Woodside
(1955)
Jazz Spectacular
(1956)

Jumpin' at the Woodside, subtitled A Buck Clayton Jam Session, is an album by trumpeter Buck Clayton which was recorded between 1953 and 1956 and released on the Columbia label. [1] [2] [3] It is among the five jam session albums released by Clayton (and produced by George Avakian at Columbia Studios) between 1954 and 1956 that Dennis Davis of Hi-Fi+ magazine as Clayton's "greatest recorded legacy". [4]

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Reception

Professional ratings
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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "The music is taken from three different sessions, with this version of "Jumpin' at the Woodside" splicing together the best of two completely different performances. The lineup of top players gives one a good idea as to the high quality of the music". [5]

Track listing

  1. "Rock-a-Bye Basie" (Count Basie, Lester Young, Shad Collins) – 8:10
  2. "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Basie) – 10:40
  3. "Blue and Sentimental" (Basie, Jerry Livingston, Mack David) – 6:30
  4. "Broadway" (Billy Byrd, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) – 9:25

Personnel

References

  1. Edwards, D., Callahan, M., Watts, R. and Eyries, P. Columbia Main Series, Part 3: CL 700–799 (1955). Retrieved June 28, 2017
  2. "Buck Clayton - Jumpin' at the Woodside". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  3. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Buck Clayton accessed June 30, 2017
  4. Davis, Dennis (June 2005). "Jazz...The Columbia Records Legacy" (PDF). Hi-Fi+ (39): 134–135. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Jumpin' at the Woodside – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved June 28, 2017.