Les Jazz Modes
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| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | June 12, 1956 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Dawn DLP-1108 | |||
| Producer | Chuck Darwin | |||
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Les Jazz Modes is an album by Les Jazz Modes, a group led by french horn player Julius Watkins and saxophonist Charlie Rouse. The album was recorded in 1956 and released on the Dawn label.[1][2][3] The album was released on CD with additional tracks from Jazzville Vol. 1 (Dawn, 1956) and Modern Jazz Festival (Jazztone, 1956)
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [5] |
AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars.[4]
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by Julius Watkins except as indicated, all arrangements by Julius Watkins.
- "Dancing on the Ceiling" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:26 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Legend" (Gildo Mahones) – 3:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Temptations" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) – 3:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Episode" – 2:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Dancing in the Dark" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 2:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) – 3:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Town and Country" (Varon) – 4:16
- "When the Blues Come On" (Al Cohn, Charles Isaiah Darwin) – 4:15
- "Blue Modes" – 4:30
- "You Are Too Beautiful" (Hart, Rodgers) – 3:43
- "So Far" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Rodgers) – 2:56
- "Idle Evening" – 4:16
- "Garden Delights" – 5:28
- "Strange Tale" – 4:30
- "Two Songs" – 3:13
- "Stallion" (Mahones) – 3:04 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
[edit]- Julius Watkins – French horn
- Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone
- Gildo Mahones – piano
- Paul West (tracks 1–6), Paul Chambers (tracks 7–10, 13, 15 & 16), Oscar Pettiford (tracks 11, 12 & 14) – bass
- Art Taylor (tracks 1–6), Ron Jefferson (tracks 7–16) – drums
- Janet Putnam – harp (tracks 8 & 10))
- Eileen Gilbert – vocals (tracks 8, 10 & 14)
References
[edit]- ^ Charlie Rouse discography accessed January 1, 2015
- ^ Julius Watkins discography accessed January 1, 2015
- ^ Edwards, D. and Callahan, M. Dawn Album Discography, accessed November 30, 2015
- ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed January 1, 2015
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 1242.
