The Mode
1962 studio album by Sonny Red
The Mode | ||||
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Studio album by Sonny Red | ||||
Released | 1962 | |||
Recorded | May 29 and December 14, 1961 Plaza Sound Studios, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Jazzland JLP 59 | |||
Sonny Red chronology | ||||
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The Mode is an album by American saxophonist Sonny Red recorded in 1961 with Grant Green and Barry Harris and released on the Jazzland label.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Down Beat | [2] |
Allmusic | [3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "This vinyl LP isn't a masterpiece, but it's decent and certainly likable."[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Sonny Red except as indicated
- "Moon River" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 6:08
- "I Like the Likes of You" (Vernon Duke, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - 4:19
- "Super 20" - 5:32
- "Bye Bye Blues" (Dave Bennett, Chauncey Gray, Fred Hamm, Bert Lown) - 4:30
- "The Mode" - 9:48
- "Never, Never Land" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) - 6:31
- "Ko-Kee" - 4:12
- Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios in New York City on May 29 (tracks 2, 4, 6 & 7) and December 14 (tracks 1, 3 & 5), 1961
Personnel
- Sonny Red - alto saxophone
- Grant Green - guitar (tracks 1, 3 & 5)
- Barry Harris (tracks 1, 3 & 5), Cedar Walton (tracks 2, 4, 6 & 7) - piano
- George Tucker - bass
- Jimmy Cobb - drums
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
or co-leader
- Two Altos (with Art Pepper, 1957)
- Out of the Blue (1959–60)
- Breezing (1960)
- A Story Tale (with Clifford Jordan, 1961)
- The Mode (1961)
- Images (1961)
- Sonny Red (1971)
Donald Byrd
- Mustang (1966)
- Blackjack (1967)
- Slow Drag (1967)
- The Creeper (1967)
others
- Curtis Fuller with Red Garland (1957)
- Jazz ...It's Magic! (Curtis Fuller, 1957)
- New Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1957)
- Saying Something (Bill Hardman, 1961)
- The Blue Yusef Lateef (Yusef Lateef, 1968)
- Pony's Express (Pony Poindexter, 1962)
- On the Sunny Side (Paul Quinichette, 1957)