The Al Casey Quartet

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The Al Casey Quartet
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Studio album by
Al Casey
Released1960
RecordedNovember 10, 1960
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length36:41
Label Moodsville
MVLP 12
Al Casey chronology
Buck Jumpin'
(1960)		The Al Casey Quartet
(1960)		 Jumpin' with Al
(1974)

The Al Casey Quartet is an album by guitarist Al Casey which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Moodsville label. [1] [2]

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Track listing

  1. "Blue Moon" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:35
  2. "These Foolish Things" (Jack Strachey, Eric Maschwitz) – 6:45
  3. "All Alone" (Irving Berlin) – 5:26
  4. "Don't Worry About Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 5:52
  5. "Dancing in the Dark" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 4:23
  6. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) – 4:47
  7. "A Case of the Blues" (Jim Lewis) – 2:53

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records Catalog: Moodsville series, accessed November 20, 2018
  2. ↑ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Moodsville Label Discography, accessed November 20, 2018
  3. ↑ Al Casey: Al Casey Quartet – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
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