Speak Low (Walter Bishop Jr. album)
Appearance
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Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | March 14, 1961 | |||
Studio | Bell Sound (New York City) | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 61:33 | |||
Label | Jazztime JT 002 Muse MR 5066 Black Lion BLCD760109 | |||
Producer | Fred Norsworthy | |||
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Speak Low is the debut album led by pianist Walter Bishop Jr. which was recorded at Bell Sound Studios in 1961 and originally released on the Jazztime label.[1] It was re-released in 1975 on the Muse label under the original title then reissued on CD in 1989 as Milestones on the Black Lion label with 3 alternate takes in 1989.[2][3][4]
Reception
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Eugene Chadbourne of AllMusic stated "this is not a flashy keyboardist and also one who did not choose his debut as a leader to unveil a stack of up til then hidden original masterpieces of composition. He plays standards here, choosing either the long or short form for six different titles, some of them quite familiar".[5]
Track listing
[edit]- "Sometimes I'm Happy" [Take 1] (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 7:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Sometimes I'm Happy" [Take 2] (Youmans, Caesar) – 6:34
- "Blues in the Closet" [Take 3] (Oscar Pettiford) – 3:53 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Blues in the Closet [Take 5] (Pettiford) – 4:04
- "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) – 9:47
- "Alone Together" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 6:49
- "Milestones" (Miles Davis) – 4:49
- "Speak Low" [Take 5] (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) – 9:32 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Speak Low" [Take 6] (Weill, Nash) – 9:23
Personnel
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Walter Bishop Jr. catalog accessed April 20, 2017
- ^ Muse LP series discography: 5050 to 5099 accessed April 20, 2017
- ^ Muse Records discography accessed April 20, 2017
- ^ Yanow, Scott. Walter Bishop Jr.: Milestones – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- ^ a b Chadbourne, Eugene. Walter Bishop Jr.: Speak Low – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 20, 2017.