The Chicago Sound

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The Chicago Sound
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Studio album by
Wilbur Ware Quintet featuring Johnny Griffin
Released1957
RecordedOctober 16 and November 18, 1957
Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length38:25
Label Riverside
RLP 12-252
Producer Orrin Keepnews

The Chicago Sound is the sole album led by American jazz bassist Wilbur Ware. It features a quintet with the saxophonist Johnny Griffin and was recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label. [1] It was subsequently re-released by the Jazzland label as: Johnny Griffin & Wilbur Ware with Junior Mance and renamed "The Chicago Cookers" in 1960.

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Allmusic reviewer Scott Yanow considered the album "a fine debut by Ware. It seems strange that in his remaining 20-plus years the bassist never led another album". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Wilbur Ware, except as indicated.

  1. "Mamma-Daddy" - 3:53
  2. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 3:15
  3. "Desert Sands" (Paul Dunlap, Edward Heyman, Stuff Smith) - 5:28
  4. "31st and State" - 6:27
  5. "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) - 2:56
  6. "Latin Quarters" (John Jenkins) - 4:37
  7. "Be-Ware" (Jenkins) - 4:28
  8. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 7:21

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Riverside Records discography accessed September 14, 2012
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 14, 2012
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1465. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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