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1954 live album by Clifford Brown, Clark Terry and Maynard Ferguson
Jam Session
Released 1954 Recorded August 14, 1954 Los Angeles, California
Genre
Jazz Length 46 :47
Label
EmArcy MG 36002
Jam Session is a live album by trumpeters
Clifford Brown ,
Clark Terry , and
Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in early 1954 and released on the
EmArcy label.
[1] The album was recorded at the same session that produced
Dinah Washington 's
Dinah Jams .
[2]
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating
AllMusic
[3]
Billboard in 1955 wrote: "Good as all the sidemen are, it's the three trumpets which walk off with top honors. Recording is excellent."
[2]
AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars and
Scott Yanow , in his review, calls it "A brilliant set that is highly recommended".
[3]
Track listing
"
What Is This Thing Called Love? " (
Cole Porter ) – 14:56
"
Darn That Dream " (
Eddie DeLange ,
Jimmy Van Heusen ) – 5:16
"Move" (
Denzil Best ) – 14:28
"
My Funny Valentine /
Don't Worry 'bout Me /
Bess, You Is My Woman Now /
It Might as Well Be Spring " (
Lorenz Hart ,
Richard Rodgers /
Rube Bloom ,
Ted Koehler /
George Gershwin ,
Ira Gershwin /
Oscar Hammerstein II , Rogers) – 11:29
Personnel
References
Years given are for the recording(s), years in square brackets refer to the listed 12" LP/CD release.
Albums as leader Co-led/with
Max Roach Sideman with others Compilations
Albums
The Max Roach Quartet featuring Hank Mobley (1953)
Max Roach + 4 (1956)
Jazz in 3/4 Time (1956–57)
The Max Roach 4 Plays Charlie Parker (1957–58)
Award-Winning Drummer (1958)
Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958)
MAX (1958)
Max Roach + 4 on the Chicago Scene (1958)
Max Roach + 4 at Newport (1958)
Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble (1958)
Deeds, Not Words (1958)
Moon Faced and Starry Eyed (with
Abbey Lincoln , 1959)
Quiet as It's Kept (1959)
Rich Versus Roach (and
Buddy Rich , 1959)
The Many Sides of Max (1959)
Long as You're Living (1960)
Parisian Sketches (1960)
We Insist! (1960)
Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
It's Time (1962)
Money Jungle (and
Duke Ellington ,
Charles Mingus , 1962)
Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)
The Max Roach Trio Featuring the Legendary Hasaan (and
Hasaan Ibn Ali , 1964)
Drums Unlimited (1965)
Members, Don't Git Weary (1968)
Lift Every Voice and Sing (1971)
Re: Percussion (
M'Boom ,
Strata-East , 1973)
Birth and Rebirth (and
Anthony Braxton , 1978)
Historic Concerts (and
Cecil Taylor , 1979)
M'Boom (1979)
One in Two – Two in One (and
Anthony Braxton , 1979)
Pictures in a Frame (1979)
The Long March (and
Archie Shepp , 1979)
In the Light (1982)
Live at Vielharmonie (1983)
Collage (M'Boom, 1984)
It's Christmas Again (1984)
Scott Free (1984)
Survivors (1984)
Easy Winners (1985)
Bright Moments (1986)
Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (and
Dizzy Gillespie , 1989)
To the Max! (1990–91)
With
Clifford Brown Compilations
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader With
Duke Ellington With
Johnny Hodges With
Quincy Jones With
Herbie Mann With
Oliver Nelson With others
My Kinda Swing (
Ernestine Anderson , 1959)
Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Bob Brookmeyer, 1961)
Soul Summit Vol. 2 (
Gene Ammons , 1961)
Late Hour Special (Gene Ammons, 1961–62)
Velvet Soul (Gene Ammons, 1962)
One Foot in the Gutter (
Dave Bailey , 1960)
Gettin' Into Somethin' (Dave Bailey, 1960)
Goodies (
George Benson , 1968)
Bobo's Beat (
Willie Bobo , 1968)
Jam Session (
Clifford Brown , 1954)
Ruth Brown '65 (
Ruth Brown , 1964)
Who Is Gary Burton? (1962)
Byrd at the Gate (
Charlie Byrd , 1963)
Son of Drum Suite (
Al Cohn , 1960)
The Magic Touch (
Tadd Dameron , 1962)
Afro-Jaws (
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1960)
Trane Whistle (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962)
Ella Abraça Jobim (
Ella Fitzgerald , 1980–81)
Big Band Bossa Nova (
Stan Getz , 1962)
Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One (1965)
Gillespiana (
Dizzy Gillespie , 1960)
Carnegie Hall Concert (Dizzy Gillespie, 1961)
Cookin' (
Paul Gonsalves , 1957)
The Big Soul-Band (
Johnny Griffin , 1960)
White Gardenia (Johnny Griffin, 1961)
Homage to Duke (
Dave Grusin , 1993)
The Further Adventures of El Chico (
Chico Hamilton , 1966)
It's About Time (
Jimmy Hamilton , 1961)
You Better Know It!!! (
Lionel Hampton , 1964)
Really Big! (
Jimmy Heath , 1960)
Friends Old and New (
John Hicks , 1992)
Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (
JATP , 1983)
Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960)
J.J.! (
J.J. Johnson , 1964)
Goodies (J.J. Johnson, 1965)
Concepts in Blue (J.J. Johnson, 1980)
Summit Meeting (
Elvin Jones , 1977)
Down Home (
Sam Jones , 1962)
At Newport '63 (
Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan , 1963)
The Centaur and the Phoenix (
Yusef Lateef , 1960)
Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz (
Mundell Lowe , 1960)
Satan in High Heels (Mundell Lowe, 1961)
The Soul of Hollywood (
Junior Mance , 1962)
The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (
Gary McFarland , 1961)
Tijuana Jazz (Gary McFarland, 1965)
Mingus Revisited /Pre-Bird (
Charles Mingus , 1960)
The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1962)
Smooth as the Wind (
Blue Mitchell , 1960–61)
A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962)
Jazz Dialogue (
Modern Jazz Quartet , 1965)
Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960)
Gerry Mulligan '63 (
Gerry Mulligan , 1962)
That's How I Love the Blues! (
Mark Murphy , 1962)
Nine Flags (
Chico O'Farrill , 1966)
Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974)
The Alternate Blues (Oscar Peterson, 1980)
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980)
Basically Duke (
Oscar Pettiford , 1954)
The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (
Big Joe Turner , 1974)
Bossa Nova Carnival (
Dave Pike , 1962)
Jazz for the Jet Set (Dave Pike, 1965)
Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (1958)
New Fantasy (
Lalo Schifrin , 1964)
Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
Hobo Flats (
Jimmy Smith , 1963)
The Matadors Meet the Bull (
Sonny Stitt , 1965)
I Keep Comin' Back! (Sonny Stitt, 1966)
Taylor Made Jazz (
Billy Taylor , 1959)
New York City R&B (
Cecil Taylor , 1961)
Kwamina (Billy Taylor, 1961)
Out of the Storm (
Ed Thigpen , 1966)
Devil May Care (
Teri Thornton , 1960–61)
Joyride (
Stanley Turrentine , 1965)
Live at Newport (
McCoy Tyner , 1963)
Dinah Jams (
Dinah Washington , 1954)
Uhuru Afrika (
Randy Weston , 1960)
At Newport '63 (with
Joe Williams , 1963)
New York, New Sound (
Gerald Wilson , 2003)
Kai Olé (
Kai Winding , 1961)
The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode (
Jimmy Woode , 1957)
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