The Right Combination (Joe Albany album)

The Right Combination
Studio album by
Joe Albany
Released1958
RecordedSeptember 1957
Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length42:29
LabelRiverside
RLP 12–270
Joe Albany chronology
The Right Combination
(1958) 		Joe Albany at Home
(1971)
Warne Marsh chronology
Art Pepper with Warne Marsh
(1956) 		The Right Combination
(1957) 		Music for Prancing
(1957)

The Right Combination is the debut album by American jazz pianist Joe Albany featuring saxophonist Warne Marsh which was recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.[1]

Reception

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

The Allmusic review states: "From the historical standpoint, this release is essential".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described it as "a jam at engineer Ralph Garretson's home, but for all its technical failings it does reveal a remarkable stylist".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Daahoud" (Clifford Brown) – 4:56
  2. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 6:04
  3. " I Love You" (Cole Porter) – 8:30
  4. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 8:24
  5. "It's You or No One" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 5:02
  6. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 7:20
  7. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 2:13

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Riverside Records discography accessed September 26, 2012
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 26, 2012
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 7. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.