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1962 studio album / Live album by Al Grey featuring Billy Mitchell
Snap Your Fingers is an album by trombonist
Al Grey released in 1962 on
Argo Records featuring studio and live recordings.
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Reception
The
Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated "Trombonist Al Grey is joined by emerging young tenor saxophonist Billy Mitchell on this pair of 1962 sessions ... There's not a bad track on this".
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Track listing
"Nothing But the Truth" (Billy Bowen) – 3:20
"Three-Fourth Blues" (Gene Kee) – 5:23
"Just Waiting" (
Melba Liston ) – 2:57
"R. B. Q." (Kee) – 4:58
"
Green Dolphin Street " (
Bronisław Kaper ,
Ned Washington ) – 4:19
"Minor on Top" (
Thad Jones ) – 6:50
"African Lady" (
Randy Weston ) – 4:29
"
Hi-Fly " (Weston) – 9:22
Recorded at Birdland, NYC on January 31, 1962 (tracks 6–8) and Ter-Mar Studios, Chicago, IL on February 19, 1962 (tracks 1–5)
Personnel
References
^ Edwards, D. and Callahan, M.
Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956–1965) accessed April 24, 2017
^ Fitzgerald, M.
Argo/Cadet Records Listing accessed April 24, 2017
^
Jazzlists: Argo/Cadet discography (LP 701 to LP 799) accessed April 24, 2017
^ Mortensen, S.
The Complete Bobby Hutcherson Discography accessed April 24, 2017
^
Bobby Hutcherson Discography – as a sideman: Snap Your Fingers accessed April 24, 2017
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b Dryden, Ken.
''Snap Your Fingers – Review at
AllMusic . Retrieved April 24, 2017.
^
Cook, Richard ;
Morton, Brian (2008).
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.).
Penguin . p. 605.
ISBN
978-0-141-03401-0 .
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
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