Nightingale (George Adams album)

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Nightingale
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Studio album by
Released1989
RecordedAugust 19 & 20, 1988
Studio A & R Recording, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length48:43
Label Blue Note
B1-91984
Producer Kazunori Sugiyama, Hitoshi Namekata
George Adams chronology
In Touch
(1988)
Nightingale
(1989)
America
(1990)

Nightingale is an album by saxophonist George Adams which was recorded in 1988 and released on the Blue Note label the following year. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "This is an odd session that should [have] been much more successful. ... Adams puts plenty of feeling into the melodies, but some really cannot be saved". [4]

Track listing

  1. "Bridge over Troubled Water" (Paul Simon) – 7:18
  2. "What a Wonderful World" (George Douglas, George David Weiss) – 5:27
  3. "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) – 4:35
  4. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz) – 9:58
  5. "Moon River" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 5:57
  6. "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" (Thomas A. Dorsey) – 3:42
  7. "Ol' Man River" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 7:42
  8. "Going Home" (Antonín Dvořák) – 5:04

Personnel

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References

  1. Jazzdisco: George Adams catalog accessed June 27, 2018
  2. Jazzlists: George Adams discography accessed June 27, 2018
  3. The George Adams Homepage: Discography accessed June 27, 2018
  4. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. George Adams: Nightingale – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved June 27, 2018.