Kelly Great

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Kelly Great
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Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedAugust 12, 1959
StudioFine Sound, New York City, NY
Genre Jazz
Length35:24
Label Vee-Jay
LP-1016/SR-1016
Producer Sid McCoy
Wynton Kelly chronology
Kelly Blue
(1959)
Kelly Great
(1959)
Kelly at Midnight
(1960)

Kelly Great is an album by pianist Wynton Kelly released in 1959 by the Vee-Jay label. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
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In his AllMusic review, music critic Scott Yanow wrote the album "is pretty brief, but what is here on the formerly rare session should satisfy collectors of the style". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Wrinkles” (Wynton Kelly) – 8:05
  2. "Mama 'G'" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:42
  3. "June Night" (Abel Baer, Cliff Friend) – 8:23
  4. "What Know" (Lee Morgan) – 8:01
  5. "Sydney" (Shorter) – 3:55

Personnel

References

  1. Jazzdisco: Wynton Kelly Catalog, accessed July 23, 2019
  2. Callahan, M. & Edwards, D. Both Sides Now: Vee-Jay Album Discography, Part 1: Main Series LP-100-101 & LP-1001-1070 (1956-1963), accessed July 22, 2019
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "Kelly Great > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved June 16, 2011.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 813. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.