Triple Exposure

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Triple Exposure
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Studio album by
Released1957
RecordedDecember 27, 1957
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length58:40CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label Prestige
PRLP 7135
Producer Bob Weinstock
Hal McKusick chronology
Hal McKusick Quintet
(1957)
Triple Exposure
(1957)
Cross Section-Saxes
(1958)

Triple Exposure is an album by saxophonist Hal McKusick which was recorded in 1957 and released on the Prestige label. [1]

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Reception

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Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated, "Two talented but forgotten bop-based improvisers are featured on this quintet set: Hal McKusick (who switches between his Paul Desmond-inspired alto, tenor and cool-toned clarinet) and trombonist Billy Byers". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Hal McKusick except as indicated

  1. "Interim" - 5:51 Bonus track on CD reissue
  2. "Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 7:13
  3. "Don't Worry 'bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) - 8:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
  4. "Con Alma" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 7:43 Bonus track on CD reissue
  5. "Something New" (Albert Gamse, Ricardo López Méndez) - 5:11
  6. "Blues Half-Smiling" - 5:33
  7. "A Touch of Spring" - 6:00
  8. "The Settlers and the Indians" (Robert Scott) - 9:10
  9. "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira) - 3:50

Personnel

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References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed May 21, 2013
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed May 21, 2013