Plenty of Horn (Paul Horn album)

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Plenty of Horn
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Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedApril 10 & 23, 1958
Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Genre Jazz
Label Dot DLP 9002
Producer Tom Mack
Paul Horn chronology
House of Horn
(1957)
Plenty of Horn
(1958)
Impressions!
(1959)

Plenty of Horn is the second album by saxophonist Paul Horn, released on the Dot label in 1958. [1] [2] [3]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating: "Horn is in excellent form on the wide-ranging material which reflects the influence of Hamilton's chamber jazz approach but also contains some hard swinging". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Horn except as indicated

  1. "Chloe" (Gus Kahn, Neil Moret) - 4:47
  2. "A Parable" - 4:07
  3. "Blues for Tom" - 3:57
  4. "The Smith Family" (Fred Katz) - 2:42
  5. "Romanze" (Katz) - 4:11
  6. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) - 4:06
  7. "Moods for Horn" (Allyn Ferguson):
    1. "Effervescense" - 2:24
    2. "Reminescense" - 3:57
    3. "Exuberance" - 2:07
    4. "Ebullience" - 4:20
  8. "Tellin' the Truth" (Billy Bean) - 3:33

Personnel

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References

  1. Paul Horn Catalog, accessed July 17, 2015
  2. Paul Horn discography, accessed July 17, 2015
  3. Edwards, D. and Callahan, M. Dot Album Discography Part 7: Misc. Series, Related LPs & CDs accessed August 17, 2015
  4. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Plenty of Horn – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved August 17, 2015.