Enough Said!

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Enough Said!
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Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedAugust 21, 1959
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Label Prestige
PRLP 7164
Producer Esmond Edwards
Bill Jennings chronology
Billy in the Lion's Den
(1957)
Enough Said!
(1959)
Glide On
(1960)

Enough Said! is an album by guitarist Bill Jennings recorded in 1959 and released on the Prestige label. [1]

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Reception

Professional ratings
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AllMusic's Richie Unterberger stated "Jennings shows off the bluesy tone that made him a favorite of B.B. King on his composition "Tough Gain" and the group-penned "Blue Jams", but aside from these, most of the tracks are slow-to-midtempo shuffles—edifying yet not exciting. On "Dark Eyes", Jennings varies the pace in a more arresting fashion than usual, playing sleepy lines with a crying tone to achieve a near slide-effect before the tempo abruptly doubles and the tune drops into a bop groove in its last half". [2] On All About Jazz, Derek Taylor said "Jennings’ maybe be a forgotten footnote today, but after listening to this disc it’s easy to imagine that he had his moment in the limelight shortly after these sessions hit the record shops". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Enough Said" (Alvin Johnson) – 6:40
  2. "Tough Gain" (Bill Jennings) – 4:15
  3. "Volare" (Franco Migliacci, Domenico Modugno) 7:00
  4. "Dark Eyes" (Adalgiso Ferraris) – 4:39
  5. "It Could Happen to You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 6:24
  6. "Blue Jams" (Bill Jennings, Jack McDuff) – 5:26
  7. "Dig Uncle Will" (McDuff) – 3:28

Personnel

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References

  1. Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: 7100 series accessed August 21, 2018
  2. 1 2 Unterberger, Richie. Bill Jennings: Enough Said – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  3. Taylor, D. All About Jazz Review accessed August 21, 2018