The Master (Jimmy Raney album)

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The Master
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Studio album by
Released1983
RecordedFebruary 16, 1983
StudioStudio 44, Monster, Netherlands
Genre Jazz
Length59:07
Label Criss Cross
Producer Gerry Teekens
Jimmy Raney chronology
Raney '81
(1981)
The Master
(1983)
Nardis
(1983)

The Master is an album by jazz guitarist Jimmy Raney that was released by Criss Cross Jazz in 1983. [1] [2] The CD release added two alternative takes. [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Ron Wynn of AllMusic states "A nice mid-'80s session with the relaxed, fluid guitar of Jimmy Raney ... He's supported with style by pianist Kirk Lightsey, who emerges as the date's other dominant solo voice". [3]

Track listing

  1. "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 5:52
  2. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) – 6:28
  3. "Along Came Betty" (Benny Golson) – 6:16
  4. "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 3:57
  5. "It's All Right With Me" (Cole Porter) – 8:19
  6. "Lament"(J. J. Johnson) – 7:54
  7. "Tangerine" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) – 6:54
  8. "The Song Is You" [alternate take] (Kern, Hammerstein) – 5:58 Bonus track on CD release
  9. "Tangerine" [alternate take] (Schertzinger, Mercer) – 6:48 Bonus track on CD release

Personnel

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References

  1. Criss Cross Jazz album details, accessed March 23, 2017
  2. Jimmy Raney catalog, accessed March 23, 2017
  3. 1 2 3 Wynn, Ron. Jimmy Raney Quartet: The Master – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1192. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.