Leroy Walks Again!!

Leroy Walks Again!! is the second album by American jazz bassist Leroy Vinnegar recorded in 1962 and 1963 and released on the Contemporary label.^[1]

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The set helps define the modern mainstream of the early '60s, when cool jazz was being replaced by hard bop".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

Track listing

"Hard to Find" (Leroy Vinnegar) - 6:48
"Down Under" (Freddie Hubbard) - 4:34
"I'll String Along with You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 4:08
"Subway Grate" (Vinnegar) - 5:39
"Restin' in Jail" (Les McCann) - 4:26
"Motherland" (Don Nelson) - 5:36
"For Carl" (Vinnegar) - 5:58
"Wheelin' and Dealin'" (Teddy Edwards) - 4:11

Recorded at Contemporary Studio in Los Angeles, CA on August 1, 1962 (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6) and March 5, 1963 (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 8)

Personnel

Leroy Vinnegar - bass
Freddy Hill - trumpet
Teddy Edwards - tenor saxophone
Victor Feldman - vibraphone, piano (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6)
Roy Ayers - vibraphone (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 8)
Mike Melvoin - piano (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 8)
Ron Jefferson (tracks 1, 3, 4 7 6), Milt Turner (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 8) - drums

References

^ Contemporary Records discography, accessed May 7, 2015
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Leroy Walks Again!! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 200. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1450. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

v t e Teddy Edwards
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Sonny Rollins at Music Inn/Teddy Edwards at Falcon's Lair (split album, 1958) It's About Time (1959) Sunset Eyes (1960) Teddy's Ready! (1960) Back to Avalon (1960) Together Again!!!! (with Howard McGhee, 1961) Good Gravy! (Contemporary, 1961) Heart & Soul (1962) Nothin' But the Truth! (1966) It's All Right! (1967) Feelin's (1974) The Inimitable Teddy Edwards (1976) Young at Heart (with Howard McGhee, 1979) Wise in Time (with Howard McGhee, 1979) Out of This World (1980) Good Gravy (Timeless, 1981) Mississippi Lad (1991) Blue Saxophone (1992) La Villa: Live in Paris (1993) Tango in Harlem (1994) Horn to Horn (with Houston Person, 1994) Close Encounters (with Houston Person, 1996) Midnight Creeper (1997) Sunset Eyes 2000 (and Saskia Laroo, 2000) Ladies Man (2000) Smooth Sailing (2001)
With Gerald Wilson	You Better Believe It! (1961) Moment of Truth (1962) Portraits (1963–64) McCann/Wilson (with Les McCann, 1964) On Stage (1965) Feelin' Kinda Blues (1965) The Golden Sword (1966)
With others	Wheelin' and Dealin' (Frank Butler, 1978) Groove Funk Soul (Joe Castro, 1960) Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool) (Sonny Criss, 1968) Get Up & Get It! (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1967) Welcome Home (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1868) Just the Way It Had to Be (Milt Jackson, 1969) Memphis Jackson (Milt Jackson, 1969) That's the Way It Is (Milt Jackson, 1969) Ain't Misbehavin' (Hank Jones, 1978) Feeling Good (Julie London, released 1965) My Son the Jazz Drummer! (Shelly Manne, 1962) Les McCann Sings (1961) Everybody Loves a Winner (Freddie Redd, 1990) Bluesmith (Jimmy Smith, 1972) Leroy Walks! (Leroy Vinnegar, 1957) Leroy Walks Again!! (Leroy Vinnegar, 1962–63)

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