Something for Lester
1978 studio album by Ray Brown
Something for Lester | ||||
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Studio album by Ray Brown | ||||
Released | 1978 | |||
Recorded | June 22–24, 1977 | |||
Studio | Contemporary's Studio in Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 41:10 | |||
Label | Contemporary S 7640 | |||
Producer | John Koenig and Lester Koenig | |||
Ray Brown chronology | ||||
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Something for Lester is an album by American jazz bassist Ray Brown recorded in 1977 and released on the Contemporary label.[1]
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 3½ stars with Scott Yanow noting "This excellent trio session forms a sort of transition between bassist Ray Brown's work with the Oscar Peterson Trio and his own small-group sessions of the '80s and '90s".[2]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Track listing
- "Ojos de Rojo" (Cedar Walton) - 5:16
- "Slippery" - 7:27 (Ray Brown)
- "Something in Common" (Walton) - 4:50
- "Love Walked In" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:25
- "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) - 7:11
- "Little Girl Blue" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 6:17
- "Sister Sadie" (Horace Silver) - 4:54
Personnel
- Ray Brown - bass
- Cedar Walton - piano
- Elvin Jones - drums
References
- ^ Contemporary Records discography accessed February 2, 2012
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Something for Lester – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Ray Brown
Years listed are the years the album was recorded, not released
- Bass Hit! (1956)
- This Is Ray Brown (1958)
- Jazz Cello (1960)
- Ray Brown with the All-Star Big Band (1962)
- Much in Common (with Milt Jackson, 1964)
- Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
- This One's for Blanton! (with Duke Ellington, 1972)
- The Big 3 (with Milt Jackson and Joe Pass, 1975)
- Jones-Brown-Smith (with Hank Jones and Jimmie Smith, 1976)
- Quadrant (with Joe Pass, Milt Jackson, and Mickey Roker, 1977)
- Something for Lester (1977)
- Live at the Concord Jazz Festival (1979)
- Breakin' Out (with George Shearing and Marvin Smith, 1987)
- After Hours (with André Previn and Joe Pass, 1989)
- Uptown (with André Previn and Mundell Lowe, 1990)
- Old Friends (with André Previn and Mundell Lowe, 1991)
- Kiri Sidetracks: The Jazz Album (with André Previn, Mundell Lowe, and Kiri Te Kanawa, 1991)
- Don't Get Sassy (1994)
- Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (1994)
- SuperBass (1997)
- Some of My Best Friends Are...Singers (1998)
- Live at Starbucks (2001)