Manhattan Project (album)

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Manhattan Project
Studio album by
Released1978
RecordedJanuary 17, 1978
GenreJazz
Length47:16
LabelBee Hive
Dizzy Reece chronology
From In to Out
(1970)
Manhattan Project
(1978)
Blowin' Away
(1978)

Manhattan Project is an album by Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece featuring performances recorded in 1978 and released on the Bee Hive label. In 2015, Mosaic Records included this recording in The Complete Bee Hive Sessions (Mosaic MD12-261), a 12-CD box set.[1]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Hopefully, this highly enjoyable Bee Hive LP will someday be rediscovered and reissued on CD".[2]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Dizzy Reece except as indicated
  1. "Con Man" - 8:55
  2. "Manhattan Walk" - 7:59
  3. "Yule On The Hudson" - 9:05
  4. "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 13:20
  5. "One For Trane" (Mickey Bass) - 7:57

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bee Hive". www.mosaicrecords.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 29, 2010
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 167. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.