Pony Poindexter Plays the Big Ones

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Pony Poindexter Plays the Big Ones
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Studio album by Pony Poindexter
Released 1963
Recorded January 31, 1963
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Label New Jazz
NJLP 8285
Producer Ozzie Cadena
Pony Poindexter chronology
Pony's Express
(1962)		Pony Poindexter Plays the Big Ones
(1963)		 Gumbo!
(1963)

Pony Poindexter Plays the Big Ones is an album by saxophonist Pony Poindexter which was released on the New Jazz label in 1963. [1] [2]

Norwood "Pony" Poindexter was an American jazz saxophonist.

Prestige Records American jazz record label

Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City. The company recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz musicians of the day, sometimes issuing them under subsidiaries. In 1971, the company was sold to Fantasy, which was later absorbed by Concord.

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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Midnight in Moscow" (Kenny Ball) - 4:16
  2. "Moon River" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 4:38
  3. "Twistin' USA" (Kal Mann) - 4:49
  4. "Poinciana" (Nat Simon, Buddy Bernier) - 3:23
  5. "Love Me Tender" (Vera Matson, Elvis Presley) - 5:09
  6. "Green Eyes" (Nilo Menéndez, Adolfo Utrera, Eddie Rivera, Eddie Woods) - 3:01
  7. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) - 4:07
  8. "San Antonio Rose" (Bob Wills) - 3:04

Personnel

Alto saxophone type of saxophone

The alto saxophone, also referred to as the alto sax, is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, and patented in 1846. It is pitched in E♭, and is smaller than the tenor, but larger than the soprano. The alto sax is the most common saxophone and is commonly used in concert bands, chamber music, solo repertoire, military bands, marching bands, and jazz. The fingerings of the different saxophones are all the same so a saxophone player can play any type of saxophone.

Soprano saxophone the third smallest member of the saxophone family

The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass saxophone and tubax. Soprano saxophones are the smallest saxophone in common use.

Hermenengildo 'Gildo' Mahones was an American jazz pianist.

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References

  1. ↑ Fitzgerald, M., Pony Poindexter Leader Entry accessed July 2, 2015
  2. ↑ Prestige Records Catalog accessed July 2, 2015
  3. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed July 2, 2015
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