Booker Little (album)

Booker Little
Studio album by
Booker Little
Released1960
RecordedApril 13 & 15, 1960
GenreJazz
Length35:15
LabelTime
ProducerIrving Joseph
Booker Little chronology
Booker Little 4 and Max Roach
(1958) 		Booker Little
(1960) 		Out Front
(1961)

Booker Little is an album by American jazz trumpeter Booker Little featuring performances recorded in 1960 for the Time label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Trumpeter Booker Little's second session as a leader (there would only be four) is a quartet outing that puts the emphasis on relaxed tempoes. Little's immediately recognizable melancholy sound and lyrical style are heard in top form".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Track listing

All compositions, and all sessions led, by Booker Little except as indicated

  1. "Opening Statement" - 6:42
  2. "Minor Sweet" - 5:38
  3. "Bee Tee's Minor Plea" - 5:40
  4. "Life's a Little Blue" - 6:53
  5. "The Grand Valse" - 4:57
  6. "Who Can I Turn To?" (Alec Wilder, William Engvick) - 5:25


The following tracks appear in some CD reissues, and do not include the same personnel as the original session and LP. Most CD reissues keep the original LP format.

7. "My Old Flame" [take 1 stereo] (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) - 3:34 (Max Roach Quartet[1]) Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "My Old Flame" [take 2 mono] (Coslow, Johnston) - 3:38 (Max Roach Quartet[1]) Bonus track on CD reissue
9. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) - 4:14Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 5:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
11. "Blues De Tambour" (Ed Shaughnessy) - 3:39 (Teddy Charles Sextet[1]) Bonus track on CD reissue
12. "Tune Up" (Miles Davis) - 5:21 (Max Roach New Quintet[1]) Bonus track on CD reissue
*Recorded in Chicago in June 1958 (tracks 7 & 8), at the Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island on July 6, 1958 (track 12), and in New York City in October 1958 (tracks 9 & 10), April 13, 1960 (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6) April 15, 1960 (tracks 3 & 4), and August 25, 1960 (track 11).

Personnel

additional tracks on later CD reissues :

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Booker Little Discography". Jazz Discography Project. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 7, 2011
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 127. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 899. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.