1962 studio album by Sam Jones
Down Home is the third album by the double bass player and cellist Sam Jones , recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.[1] [2]
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Reception
Scott Yanow of AllMusic wrote: "This is excellent hard bop-based music."[4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote that Jones "improvises against the grain of the orchestra to telling effect."[5] Billboard called the album "a fine showcase for Jones."[6]
Track listing
All compositions by Sam Jones except as indicated
"Unit 7" - 4:49
"Come Rain or Come Shine " (Harold Arlen , Johnny Mercer ) - 4:05
"'Round Midnight " (Thelonious Monk ) - 5:31
"O.P." - 5:07
"Thumbstring" (Ray Brown ) - 4:31
"Down Home" - 4:08
"Strollin'" (Horace Silver ) - 4:12
"Falling in Love With Love " (Lorenz Hart , Richard Rodgers ) - 7:03
Personnel
Sam Jones - double bass (tracks 1 & 5), cello (tracks 2-4 & 6–8)
Les Spann - flute (tracks 3, 4 & 8)
Snooky Young (tracks 1 & 5), Blue Mitchell (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7), Clark Terry (tracks 2 & 7) - trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland - trombone (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
Frank Strozier - flute (track 6), alto saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
Jimmy Heath - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
Pat Patrick - baritone saxophone , flute (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
Ernie Wilkins - arranger (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
Wynton Kelly (tracks 2 & 7), Joe Zawinul (tracks 1, 3-6 & 8) - piano
Ron Carter (tracks 2, 6 & 7), Israel Crosby (tracks 3, 4 & 8) - double bass
Vernel Fournier (tracks 3, 4 & 8), Ben Riley (tracks 1, 2 & 5–7) - drums
References
^ Riverside Records discography . Retrieved September 17, 2012
^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 696.
^ Down Beat , March 28, 1963 vol. 30, no. 8
^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic review .Retrieved September 17, 2012
^ a b The Penguin Guide To Jazz Recordings (Ninth ed.). Penguin Books. 2008. pp. 798–799.
^ "Jazz LP'S". Billboard : 26. December 8, 1962.
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