Blues and Vanilla

Blues and Vanilla
Studio album by
Jack Montrose Quintet with Red Norvo
Released1957
RecordedNovember 13 and December 24, 1956
Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA
GenreJazz
LabelRCA Victor
LPM-1451
ProducerShorty Rogers
Jack Montrose chronology
Jack Montrose Sextet
(1955) 		Blues and Vanilla
(1957) 		The Horn's Full
(1956)

Blues and Vanilla is an album by saxophonist Jack Montrose's Quintet with Red Norvo recorded in 1956 for the RCA Victor label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Disc[3]

AllMusic rated the album with 3 stars; in his review, Ken Dryden states: "The cool-toned nature of the tenor saxophonist's compositions and arrangements fits in with the so-called West Coast jazz genre, though like many of the musicians labeled as such, Montrose is not a native of the region".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jack Montrose except as indicated

  1. "Concertina da Camera (Blues and Vanilla)" - 18:30
  2. "Bockhanal" - 3:44
  3. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - 5:48
  4. "Bernie's Tune" (Bernie Miller) - 3:19
  5. "For the Fairest" - 3:36
  6. "A Dandy Line" - 2:50

Personnel

References

  1. ^ The RCA Victor Sessions of Jack Montrose: 1956, accessed January 13, 2016
  2. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Blues and Vanilla – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
  3. ^ Hall, Tony (1 March 1958). "'We just had a ball!'". Disc. No. 4. p. 17.