The Return of Howard McGhee

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The Return of Howard McGhee
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Studio album by
Released1956
RecordedOctober 22, 1955
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length35:13
Label Bethlehem
BCP 42
Howard McGhee chronology
Howard McGhee and Milt Jackson
(1948)
The Return of Howard McGhee
(1956)
Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries
(1956)

The Return of Howard McGhee is an album by trumpeter Howard McGhee which was recorded in 1955 and released on the Bethlehem label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars. [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Howard McGhee except as indicated

  1. "Get Happy" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 3:52
  2. "Tahitian Lullaby" - 4:08
  3. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) - 2:50
  4. "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) - 3:22
  5. "You're Teasing Me" - 2:15
  6. "Transpicuous" - 2:36
  7. "Rifftide (Hackensack)" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:37
  8. "Oo-Wee But I Do" - 5:11
  9. "Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 3:09
  10. "Tweedles" - 3:10
  11. "I'll Remember April" (Gene DePaul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 5:47

Personnel

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References

  1. Bethlehem Records discography accessed May 12, 2015
  2. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed May 12, 2015