Leroy Walks!

Leroy Walks!
Studio album by Leroy Vinnegar
Released	1958
Recorded	July 15 and September 6 & 23, 1957 Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:06
Label	Contemporary C3542/S7542
Producer	Lester Koenig
Leroy Vinnegar chronology
Leroy Walks! (1958) Leroy Walks Again!!! (1963)

Leroy Walks! is the debut album by American jazz bassist Leroy Vinnegar recorded in 1957 and released on the Contemporary label. ^[1] On June 16, 2023 a version newly remastered by Bernie Grundman was reissued by Craft Recordings.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow described it as "A fine, straight-ahead session". ^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Track listing

1. "Walk On" (Leroy Vinnegar) –8:23
2. "Would You Like to Take a Walk?" (Mort Dixon, Billy Rose, Harry Warren) –6:52
3. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) –5:37
4. "Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) –6:24
5. "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) –4:47
6. "I'll Walk Alone" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) –3:30
7. "Walking by the River" (Una Mae Carlisle, Robert Sour) –5:33

• Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on July 15 (tracks 1 & 4), September 16 (tracks 3, 5 & 6), and September 23 (tracks 2 & 7), 1957

Personnel

• Leroy Vinnegar  – bass
• Gerald Wilson  – trumpet
• Teddy Edwards  – tenor saxophone
• Victor Feldman  – vibraphone
• Carl Perkins  – piano
• Tony Bazley – drums

References

1. Contemporary Records discography, accessed May 7, 2015
2. Yanow, Scott. Leroy Walks! – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 7, 2015.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 200. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1450. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.