King Size!

King Size!
Studio album by
André Previn's Trio Jazz
Released1959
RecordedNovember 26, 1958
StudioContemporary Records Studio in Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length45:38
LabelContemporary C3570/S7570
ProducerLester 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]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

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

André Previn's Trio Jazz

References

  1. ^ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 18, 2015
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. King Size! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  3. ^ Rickert, D., All About Jazz Review, November 23, 2011
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1180. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.