Personnel:
Joe Newman, Thad Jones, Conte Candoli, Bob Brookmeyer, Al Cohn, Milt Hinton, Urbie Green, Jimmy Cleveland, Hank Jones, Freddie Green, Eddie Costa, Osie Johnson
Reference: LHJ10250
Bar code: 8436019582503
This issue includes the first two albums Manny Albam recorded under his own leadership:
- The Jazz Workshop (RCA Victor)
- The Drum Suite (RCA Victor)
Tracklisting:
01. Anything goes
02. Headstrong
03. Black bottom
04. The chaining scene
05. The turning point
06. Charmaine
07. Diga diga doo
08. Royal garden blues
09. Swingin' on a star
10. Intermezzo
11. Ferris wheel
12. Urbanity
13. First movement: Dancer on drums
14. Second movement: Bristling
15. Third movement: Chants of the witch doctors
16. Fourth movement: Skinning the valves
17. Fifth movement: Cymbalisms
18. Sixth movement: The octopus
Total Time: 73:00 min.
Personnel on tracks #1-12:
Manny Albam & his Orchestra, including Joe Newman, Thad Jones, Bob Brookmeyer, Al Cohn, Milt Hinton, Urbie Green and Osie Johnson.
Recorded in New York, December 24, 29 & 31, 1955.
Personnel on tracks #13-18:
Manny Albam & his Orchestra, including Joe Newman, Conte Candoli, Jimmy Cleveland, Ur bie Green, Al Cohn, Hank Jones, Freddie Green, Eddie Costa, Osie Johnson.
Recorded in Los Angeles, 1956
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