Little Man Big Band

Little Man Big Band
Studio album by
Jimmy Heath
Released1992
RecordedJanuary 30 & 31 and March 3, 1992
BMG Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length51:56
LabelVerve
314 513 956-2
ProducerBill Cosby
Jimmy Heath chronology
You've Changed
(1991) 		Little Man Big Band
(1992) 		You or Me
(1995)

Little Man Big Band (also written Little Man, Big Band) is a Grammy-nominated album by saxophonist Jimmy Heath[1] featuring performances recorded in 1992 and released on the Verve label.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

David Dupont at Allmusic noted "Jimmy Heath brings to life his compositions, including his greatest hits 'CTA' and 'Gingerbread Boy,' with blaring, upper register trumpets, punchy trombone countermelodies and swirling saxophone ensembles".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Jimmy Heath except as indicated

  1. "Trane Connections" - 5:04
  2. "Two Friends" (Bill Cosby, Stu Gardner) - 4:24
  3. "The Voice of the Saxophone" - 7:46
  4. "Forever Sonny" - 6:56
  5. "C.T.A." - 7:01
  6. "Ellington's Stray Horn" - 7:18
  7. "Gingerbread Boy" - 5:06
  8. "Without You, No Me" - 8:21

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Watrous, Peter (August 6, 1994). "POP REVIEW; A Masterly Artist Comes Into His Own". Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  2. ^ Fitzgerald, M. Jimmy Heath discography, accessed April 22, 2014
  3. ^ a b Dupont, D., Allmusic Review accessed April 22, 2014