Speak Low (Walter Bishop Jr. album)

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Speak Low
Speak Low (album).jpg
Studio album by
Walter Bishop Jr.
Released1961
RecordedMarch 14, 1961
Studio Bell Sound (New York City)
Genre Jazz
Length61:33
Label Jazztime JT 002
Muse MR 5066
Black Lion BLCD760109
Producer Fred Norsworthy
Walter Bishop Jr. chronology
Speak Low
(1961)		 The Walter Bishop Jr. Trio / 1965
(1962–63)
Milestones Cover
Milestones (Walter Bishop Jr album).jpg

Speak Low is the debut album led by pianist Walter Bishop Jr. which was recorded at Bell Sound Studios in 1961 and originally released on the Jazztime label. [1] It was re-released in 1975 on the Muse label under the original title then reissued on CD in 1989 as Milestones on the Black Lion label with 3 alternate takes in 1989. [2] [3] [4]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Eugene Chadbourne of AllMusic stated "this is not a flashy keyboardist and also one who did not choose his debut as a leader to unveil a stack of up til then hidden original masterpieces of composition. He plays standards here, choosing either the long or short form for six different titles, some of them quite familiar". [5]

Track listing

  1. "Sometimes I'm Happy" [Take 1] (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 7:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
  2. "Sometimes I'm Happy" [Take 2] (Youmans, Caesar) – 6:34
  3. "Blues in the Closet" [Take 3] (Oscar Pettiford) – 3:53 Bonus track on CD reissue
  4. "Blues in the Closet [Take 5] (Pettiford) – 4:04
  5. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) – 9:47
  6. "Alone Together" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 6:49
  7. "Milestones" (Miles Davis) – 4:49
  8. "Speak Low" [Take 5] (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) – 9:32 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Speak Low" [Take 6] (Weill, Nash) – 9:23

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Walter Bishop Jr. catalog accessed April 20, 2017
  2. ↑ Muse LP series discography: 5050 to 5099 accessed April 20, 2017
  3. ↑ Muse Records discography accessed April 20, 2017
  4. ↑ Yanow, Scott. Walter Bishop Jr.: Milestones – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  5. 1 2 Chadbourne, Eugene. Walter Bishop Jr.: Speak Low – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 20, 2017.
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