Bennie Green Blows His Horn

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Bennie Green Blows His Horn
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Studio album by
Bennie Green
Released1955
RecordedJune 10 and September 22, 1955
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length39:07
Label Prestige [1]
Bennie Green chronology
Bennie Green with Strings
(1956)		Bennie Green Blows His Horn
(1955)		 Bennie Green Sextet
(1956)

Bennie Green Blows His Horn is an album by American trombonist Bennie Green. [2] It was recorded in 1955 and released on the Prestige label. [3]

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Reception

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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated that "Green and his band show that there is no reason that swinging jazz has to be viewed as overly intellectual and esoteric... a fine example of Bennie Green's talents and winning musical personality." [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Bennie Green, except where indicated.

  1. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 3:53
  2. "Laura" (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer) – 6:13
  3. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 6:58
  4. "Say Jack!" (Green, Osie Johnson) – 3:36
  5. "One Track" (Green, Johnson) – 3:15
  6. "Groovin' the Blues" [Take 1] – 5:31
  7. "Groovin' the Blues" [Take 2] – 3:13
  8. "Travelin' Light" (Harry Akst, Sidney Clare) – 3:07
  9. "Hi-Yo Silver" (Green, Johnson) – 3:21

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN   9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Coady, Christopher (October 4, 2016). John Lewis and the Challenge of "Real" Black Music. University of Michigan Press. ISBN   9780472122264 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Prestige discography accessed October 7, 2010
  4. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 7, 2010


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