Squeeze Me! (album)

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Squeeze Me!
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Studio album by
The Clark Terry Spacemen
Released1989
RecordedFebruary 13, 1989
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length75:12
Label Chiaroscuro
CR(D)309
Producer Hank O'Neal
Clark Terry chronology
Portraits
(1989)		Squeeze Me!
(1989)		 Locksmith Blues
(1989)

Squeeze Me!, also called The Clark Terry Spacemen, is an album by trumpeter/bandleader Clark Terry which was recorded in 1989 and released by the Chiaroscuro label. [1] [2]

Clark Terry American swing and bebop musician

Clark Virgil Terry Jr. was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, composer, educator, and NEA Jazz Masters inductee.

Chiaroscuro Records is a jazz record company and label founded by Hank O'Neal in 1970. The label's name comes from the art term for the use of light and dark in a painting. O'Neal got the name from his friend and mentor Eddie Condon, a jazz musician who played in what were called Chiaroscuro Concerts in the 1930s. O'Neal also got the name from a store that sold only black and white dresses.

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Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated, "This underrated Chiaroscuro CD is a joy from start to finish. Flügelhornist Clark Terry is teamed with an unusually talented group of all-stars which is filled with distinctive and colorful swing stylists. The standards and riff tunes give all of the horn players solo space ... After 55 minutes of music Clark Terry is heard on the 19-minute "Jazzspeak," verbally telling informative stories about his lengthy career, some of which are quite humorous. Highly recommended". [3]

AllMusic Online music database

AllMusic is an online music database. It catalogs more than 3 million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musical artists and bands. It launched in 1991, predating the World Wide Web.

Track listing

All compositions by Clark Terry except where noted

  1. "Blues for Gypsy" – 9:53
  2. "Swingin' the Blues" (Count Basie, Eddie Durham) – 5:02
  3. "Corner Pocket" (Freddie Green) – 8:49
  4. "Primpin' at the Prom" (Duke Ellington) – 3:55
  5. "For Dancers Only" (Sy Oliver, Don Raye, Vic Schoen) – 7:24
  6. "Spacemen" – 6:22
  7. "Just Squeeze Me" (Ellington. Lee Gaines) – 7:01
  8. "Jones" – 6:56
  9. Jazzspeak – 19:00

Personnel

Trumpet musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music. They are played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape.

Al Grey American jazz musician

Al Grey was a jazz trombonist who is most remembered for his association with the Count Basie orchestra.

Britt Woodman was a jazz trombonist. He is best known for his work with Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus.

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References

  1. ↑ Chiaroscuro Label Discography. Retrieved April 3, 2019
  2. ↑ Lord, T., Clark Terry Discography. Retrieved April 3, 2019
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Clark Terry: Clark Terry Spacemen – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 3, 2019.
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