Down Home (Sam Jones album)
| Down Home | ||||
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| Studio album by Sam Jones | ||||
| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded |
June 25 and August 15 & 16, 1962 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:26 | |||
| Label |
Riverside RLP 432 | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
| Sam Jones chronology | ||||
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Down Home is the third album by bassist and cellist Sam Jones featuring performances recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.[1]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Down Beat |   [2] |
| Allmusic |  [3] |
Scott Yanow of Allmusic says, "This is excellent hard bop-based music".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Sam Jones except as indicated
- "Unit 7" - 4:49
- "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 4:05
- "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:31
- "O.P." - 5:07
- "Thumbstring" (Ray Brown) - 4:31
- "Down Home" - 4:08
- "Strollin'" (Horace Silver) - 4:12
- "Falling in Love With Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 7:03
Personnel
- Sam Jones - bass (tracks 1 & 5), cello (tracks 2-4 & 6-8)
- Les Spann - flute (tracks 3, 4 & 8)
- Snooky Young (tracks 1 & 5), Blue Mitchell (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7), Clark Terry (tracks 2 & 7) - trumpet
- Jimmy Cleveland - trombone (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
- Frank Strozier - flute (track 6), alto saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
- Jimmy Heath - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
- Pat Patrick - baritone saxophone, flute (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
- Ernie Wilkins - arranger (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
- Wynton Kelly (tracks 2 & 7), Joe Zawinul (tracks 1, 3-6 & 8) - piano
- Ron Carter (tracks 2, 6 & 7), Israel Crosby (tracks 3, 4 & 8) - bass
- Vernel Fournier (tracks 3, 4 & 8), Ben Riley (tracks 1, 2 & 5-7) - drums
References
- ↑ Riverside Records discography accessed September 17, 2012
- ↑ Down Beat: March 28, 1963 vol. 30, no. 8
- 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 17, 2012
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