The Right Combination (Joe Albany album)

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The Right Combination
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Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedSeptember 1957
Los Angeles, California
Genre Jazz
Length42:29
Label Riverside
RLP 12–270
Joe Albany chronology
The Right Combination
(1958)
Joe Albany at Home
(1971)
Warne Marsh chronology
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(1956)
The Right Combination
(1957)
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(1957)

The Right Combination is the debut album by American jazz pianist Joe Albany featuring saxophonist Warne Marsh which was recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

The Allmusic review states: "From the historical standpoint, this release is essential". [2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as "a jam at engineer Ralph Garretson's home, but for all its technical failings it does reveal a remarkable stylist". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Daahoud" (Clifford Brown) – 4:56
  2. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 6:04
  3. " I Love You" (Cole Porter) – 8:30
  4. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 8:24
  5. "It's You or No One" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 5:02
  6. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 7:20
  7. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 2:13

Personnel

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References

  1. Riverside Records discography accessed September 26, 2012
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 26, 2012
  3. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 15. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 7. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.