Talkin' & Walkin'

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Talkin' & Walkin'
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Studio album by
Released1956
RecordedDecember 1955
Studio Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre Jazz
Length70:12
Label Jazz: West
JWLP 4
Kenny Drew chronology
Kenny Drew and His Progressive Piano
(1953-54)
Talkin' & Walkin'
(1956)
Embers Glow
(1956)
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Talkin' & Walkin' is an album by pianist Kenny Drew recorded in 1955 and originally released on the Jazz:West label. [2] The album was rereleased on Pacific Jazz and on CD on Blue Note with three additional live tracks recorded around the same time.

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Reception

The Allmusic review states "Excellent modern mainstream music of the mid-'50s". [1]

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Drew except as indicated

  1. "Talkin' Walkin'" - 6:19
  2. "In the Prescribed Manner" - 5:06
  3. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mack Gordon) - 5:30
  4. "Wee-Dot" (J. J. Johnson, Leo Parker) - 5:45
  5. "Hidden Channel" - 4:50
  6. "Deadline" - 3:20
  7. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) - 4:57
  8. "Minor Blues (Blues in a Cardboard Box)" - 5:42
  9. "Walkin' Talkin'" - 5:42
  10. "It's a Only a Paper Moon" (Harold Arlen, Billy Rose, E.Y. Harburg) - 6:56 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Leroy's Blues" - 5:55 Bonus track on CD reissue
  12. "Contour" - 7:18 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 7, 2012
  2. Kenny Drew discography accessed June 7, 2012