Buck Jumpin'

Buck Jumpin'
Studio album by
Al Casey
Released1960
RecordedMarch 7, 1960
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length47:53 CD reissue with additional tracks
LabelSwingville
SVLP 2007
ProducerThe Sound of America
Al Casey chronology
Buck Jumpin'
(1960) 		The Al Casey Quartet
(1960)

Buck Jumpin' is an album by guitarist Al Casey which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Swingville label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic states, "Al Casey, who will always be best known as Fats Waller's guitarist, makes one of his few appearances as a bandleader ... The music consistently swings and it is a rare pleasure to hear Casey getting the opportunity to stretch out on acoustic guitar".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Al Casey except where noted

  1. "Buck Jumpin'" – 6:11
  2. "Casey's Blues" – 6:38
  3. "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 5:45
  4. "Rosetta" (Earl Hines, Henri Woode) – 5:45
  5. "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf, Harry Brooks) – 4:42
  6. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Waller, Razaf) – 5:32
  7. "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Frank Eyton, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 5:16
  8. "Gut Soul" – 3:04 Additional track on CD reissue
  9. "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" (Fred E. Ahlert, Joe Young) – 5:00 Additional track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Prestige Records Catalog: Swingville 2000, 4000 series, accessed November 20, 2018
  2. ^ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Swingville Label Discography, accessed November 20, 2018
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Al Casey: Buck Jumpin' – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 20, 2018.