Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More

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Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More
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Released1963
RecordedMarch 8, 1963
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length33:53
Label Moodsville
MVLP 39
Producer Don Schlitten
Lucky Thompson chronology
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(1961)
Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More
(1963)
Lucky Strikes
(1964)

Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More is an album led by saxophonist Lucky Thompson recorded in 1963 and released on the Moodsville label. [1]

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Reception

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AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars. [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Lucky Thompson except where noted

  1. "They Didn't Believe Me" (Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds) – 5:03
  2. "Long Ago (And Far Away)" (Kern, Ira Gershwin) – 4:01
  3. "Who?" (Kern, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:44
  4. "Why Do I Love You?" (Kern, Hammerstein) – 3:09
  5. "Lovely to Look At" (Kern, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:59
  6. "Dearly Beloved" (Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 3:32
  7. "Look for the Silver Lining" (Kern, Buddy DeSylva) – 2:56
  8. "Why Was I Born?" (Kern, Hammerstein) – 3:50
  9. "No More" – 5:29

Personnel

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References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed May 20, 2013
  2. 1 2 AllMusic Review, accessed May 20, 2013
  3. Down Beat: August 15, 1963 vol. 30, no. 23