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 subsequently rereleased on Pacific Jazz and on CD on Blue Note with three additional live tracks recorded around the same time.

Contents

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

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References

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