Trio and Solo

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Trio and Solo
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Studio album by
Randy Weston
Released1957
RecordedJanuary 25, 1955 and September 1, 1956
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey and New York City
Genre Jazz
Length42:48
Label Riverside
RLP 12-227
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Randy Weston chronology
With These Hands...
(1956)		Trio and Solo
(1957)		 Jazz á la Bohemia
(1956)

Trio and Solo is an album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1955 and 1956 and released on the Riverside label. [1] Six tracks had previously appeared on the 10-inch LP The Randy Weston Trio released in 1955. The album was later released on CD as Solo, Duo & Trio compiled with Weston's 1955 debut recording Cole Porter in a Modern Mood .

Randy Weston American jazz pianist

Randolph Edward "Randy" Weston was an American jazz pianist and composer whose creativity was inspired by his ancestral African connection.

Riverside Records was an American jazz record company and label. Founded by Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer under his firm Bill Grauer Productions in 1953, the label played an important role in the jazz record industry for a decade. Riverside headquarters were located in New York City, at 553 West 51st Street.

<i>The Randy Weston Trio</i> 1955 studio album by Randy Weston

The Randy Weston Trio is a jazz album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston recorded in 1955 and originally released on the Riverside label as a 10-inch LP. The tracks were later released on the 12-inch LP Trio and Solo with additional solo recordings from 1956.

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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars, with the review by Alex Henderson stating: "Trio and Solo isn't as essential as some of Weston's 1960s recordings, but for those who are devoted fans of the pianist, these early performances offer considerable rewards". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Randy Weston except as indicated

  1. "Sweet Sue, Just You" (Will J. Harris, Victor Young) - 3:45
  2. "Pam's Waltz" - 3:41
  3. "Solemn Meditation" (Sam Gill) - 6:49
  4. "Again" (Dorcas Cochran, Lionel Newman) - 5:02
  5. "Zulu" - 3:27
  6. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 3:37
  7. "Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:54
  8. "We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fischer, Frankie Laine) - 4:08
  9. "Softness" - 4:22
  10. "Lover" (Hart, Rodgers) - 4:03

The Van Gelder Studio is a recording studio located at 445 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Following the use of his parents' home at 25 Prospect Avenue, Hackensack, New Jersey, for the original studio, Rudy Van Gelder (1924–2016) established the new location for his recording studio in 1959. It has been used to record many albums released by jazz labels such as Blue Note, Prestige, Impulse!, Verve and CTI.

Personnel

Piano musical instrument

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Double bass Acoustic stringed instrument of the violin family

The double bass, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra.

Art Blakey American jazz drummer and bandleader

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References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records discography accessed August 10, 2012
  2. 1 2 Henderson, A. Allmusic review, accessed August 10, 2012.
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 207. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
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