King Size! (André Previn album)

King Size!
Studio album by André Previn's Trio Jazz
Released 1959
Recorded November 26, 1958
Contemporary Record's Studio in Los Angeles, California
Genre Jazz
Length 45:38
Label Contemporary C3570/S7570
Producer Lester Koenig
André Previn chronology
André Previn Plays Songs by Vernon Duke
(1958)
King Size!
(1959)
André Previn Plays Songs by Jerome Kern
(1959)

King Size! is a jazz album by pianist and composer André Previn recorded in 1958 and released on the Contemporary label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "This fine release gives one an excellent example of Previn's skills as a jazz pianist".[2] On All About Jazz Dave Rickerts states "King Size is one of the few Previn albums not based around a musical or composer and thus lacks a little bit in focus. ...it takes confident and hardy souls to stretch tracks out to the nine minute mark in a trio setting as they do... Pleasant enough, but not as arresting as Previn's other work".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

All compositions by André Previn except as indicated

  1. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 6:24
  2. "Much Too Late" - 9:26
  3. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) - 6:59
  4. "It Could Happen to You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 5:52
  5. "Low and Inside" - 8:57
  6. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) - 8:00

Personnel

References

  1. Contemporary Records discography accessed May 18, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. King Size! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  3. Rickert, D., All About Jazz Review, November 23, 2011
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