This Rather Than That

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This Rather Than That
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Studio album by
Buddy Montgomery
Released1970
RecordedSeptember 10 & 11, 1969
Genre Jazz
Length40:15
Label Impulse!
Producer Ed Michel
Buddy Montgomery chronology
The Two Sided Album
(1968)		This Rather Than That
(1970)		 Ties of Love
(1987)

This Rather Than That is an album by American jazz vibraphonist and pianist Buddy Montgomery recorded in 1969 for the Impulse! label. [1]

Charles "Buddy" Montgomery was an American jazz vibraphonist and pianist. He was the younger brother of Wes and Monk Montgomery, both notable musicians on guitar and bass guitar respectively.

Impulse! Records American record label

Impulse! Records is an American jazz record company and label established by Creed Taylor in 1960. John Coltrane was among Impulse!'s earliest signings. Thanks to the consistent sales and critical kudos generated by his recordings, the label came to be known as "the house that Trane built".

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Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars. [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

All compositions by Buddy Montgomery except as indicated
  1. "This Rather Than That" - 3:53
  2. "Tin Tin Deo" (Chano Pozo) - 5:30
  3. "Rose Bud" - 5:48
  4. "Stormy" (Buddy Buie, J. R. Cobb) - 5:35
  5. "Willy Nilly Blues" - 6:35
  6. "Beautiful Love" (Egbert Van Alstyne, Haven Gillespie, Victor Young, Wayne King) - 5:22
  7. "Didn't We" (Jimmy Webb) - 3:12
  8. "Winding Up" - 4:20
  • Recorded at Universal Recorders in Chicago, Illinois on September 10 & 11, 1969

Personnel

Vibraphone musical instrument

The vibraphone is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family. It consists of tuned metal bars, and is usually played by holding two or four soft mallets and striking the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a vibraphonist or vibraharpist.

Piano musical instrument

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700, in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.

Jodie Christian was an American jazz pianist, noted for bebop and free jazz.

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References

  1. ↑ Impulse! Records discography accessed January 11, 2012
  2. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed January 11, 2012
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