Rhythm Crazy

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Rhythm Crazy
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Studio album by
Released1964
RecordedFebruary 1959
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length31:01
Label EmArcy
MGE 26003
Producer Jack Tracy
Jimmy Cleveland chronology
A Map of Jimmy Cleveland
(1959)
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(1964)

Rhythm Crazy is an album led by American trombonist Jimmy Cleveland. It features tracks recorded in 1959, but the LP was not released by the EmArcy label until 1964. [1] [2]

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The Allmusic review stated: "Long out of print, this Emarcy LP is long overdue to be reissued on CD". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Crazy Rhythm" (Irving Caesar, Roger Wolfe Kahn, Joseph Meyer) - 3:55
  2. "Old Reliable" (Oscar Pettiford) - 4:16
  3. "We Never Kissed" (Melba Liston) - 3:46
  4. "Tom-Kattin'" (Lucky Thompson) - 3:33
  5. "Our Delight" (Tadd Dameron) - 4:30
  6. "Reminiscing" (Gigi Gryce) - 3:02
  7. "Tricotism" (Pettiford) - 7:59

Personnel

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References

  1. Mercury Records Catalog: EmArcy MGE/SRE series accessed October 26, 2015
  2. Fitzgerald, M., Jimmy Cleveland Leader Entry accessed October 26, 2015
  3. 1 2 Dryden, Ken. Rhythm Crazy – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 26, 2015.