| Taylor's Wailers | ||||
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| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | February 25, 1957 (#1, 3–6) March 22, 1957 (#2) Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 41:00 | |||
| Label | Prestige PRLP 7117 | |||
| Producer | Bob Weinstock | |||
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Taylor's Wailers is the debut album by drummer Art Taylor, released in 1957 on Prestige. It features tracks recorded mainly on February 25, 1957 plus a track from a different session featuring John Coltrane on saxophone. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| MusicHound Jazz |  [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide | [5] |
In a review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow singled out the renditions of Bryant's "Cubano Chant" and Monk's "Off Minor" and "Well, You Needn't" for praise, and wrote: "Bryant is the most mature of the soloists, but the three horn players were already starting to develop their own highly individual sounds." [2]
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called the album a "well-cooked hard-bop session," and stated that Taylor's playing is "authoritative, although some of his mannerisms leave him a degree short of the single-minded drive of Art Blakey." [4]
A writer for Billboard noted the music's "open, throbbing swing," and commented: "Rouse and... Byrd are in especially fine form; Taylor, his forceful, tasteful self." [6]
Tracks 1, 3–6
Track 2
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