Leroy Walks Again!!
1963 studio album by Leroy Vinnegar
Leroy Walks Again!! | ||||
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Studio album by Leroy Vinnegar | ||||
Released | 1963 | |||
Recorded | August 1, 1962 and March 5, 1963 Contemporary Studio in Los Angeles, CA | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 40:49 | |||
Label | Contemporary M3608/S7608 | |||
Producer | Lester Koenig | |||
Leroy Vinnegar chronology | ||||
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Leroy Walks Again!! is the second album by American jazz bassist Leroy Vinnegar recorded in 1962 and 1963 and released on the Contemporary label.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The set helps define the modern mainstream of the early '60s, when cool jazz was being replaced by hard bop".[2]
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Track listing
- "Hard to Find" (Leroy Vinnegar) - 6:48
- "Down Under" (Freddie Hubbard) - 4:34
- "I'll String Along with You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 4:08
- "Subway Grate" (Vinnegar) - 5:39
- "Restin' in Jail" (Les McCann) - 4:26
- "Motherland" (Don Nelson) - 5:36
- "For Carl" (Vinnegar) - 5:58
- "Wheelin' and Dealin'" (Teddy Edwards) - 4:11
- Recorded at Contemporary Studio in Los Angeles, CA on August 1, 1962 (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6) and March 5, 1963 (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 8)
Personnel
- Leroy Vinnegar - bass
- Freddy Hill - trumpet
- Teddy Edwards - tenor saxophone
- Victor Feldman - vibraphone, piano (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6)
- Roy Ayers - vibraphone (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 8)
- Mike Melvoin - piano (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 8)
- Ron Jefferson (tracks 1, 3, 4 7 6), Milt Turner (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 8) - drums
References
- ^ Contemporary Records discography, accessed May 7, 2015
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Leroy Walks Again!! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 200. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1450. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- v
- t
- e
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader
or
co-leader
- Sonny Rollins at Music Inn/Teddy Edwards at Falcon's Lair (split album, 1958)
- It's About Time (1959)
- Sunset Eyes (1960)
- Teddy's Ready! (1960)
- Back to Avalon (1960)
- Together Again!!!! (with Howard McGhee, 1961)
- Good Gravy! (Contemporary, 1961)
- Heart & Soul (1962)
- Nothin' But the Truth! (1966)
- It's All Right! (1967)
- Feelin's (1974)
- The Inimitable Teddy Edwards (1976)
- Young at Heart (with Howard McGhee, 1979)
- Wise in Time (with Howard McGhee, 1979)
- Out of This World (1980)
- Good Gravy (Timeless, 1981)
- Mississippi Lad (1991)
- Blue Saxophone (1992)
- La Villa: Live in Paris (1993)
- Tango in Harlem (1994)
- Horn to Horn (with Houston Person, 1994)
- Close Encounters (with Houston Person, 1996)
- Midnight Creeper (1997)
- Sunset Eyes 2000 (and Saskia Laroo, 2000)
- Ladies Man (2000)
- Smooth Sailing (2001)
Gerald
Wilson
- You Better Believe It! (1961)
- Moment of Truth (1962)
- Portraits (1963–64)
- McCann/Wilson (with Les McCann, 1964)
- On Stage (1965)
- Feelin' Kinda Blues (1965)
- The Golden Sword (1966)
others
- Wheelin' and Dealin' (Frank Butler, 1978)
- Groove Funk Soul (Joe Castro, 1960)
- Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool) (Sonny Criss, 1968)
- Get Up & Get It! (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1967)
- Welcome Home (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1868)
- Just the Way It Had to Be (Milt Jackson, 1969)
- Memphis Jackson (Milt Jackson, 1969)
- That's the Way It Is (Milt Jackson, 1969)
- Ain't Misbehavin' (Hank Jones, 1978)
- Feeling Good (Julie London, released 1965)
- My Son the Jazz Drummer! (Shelly Manne, 1962)
- Les McCann Sings (1961)
- Everybody Loves a Winner (Freddie Redd, 1990)
- Bluesmith (Jimmy Smith, 1972)
- Leroy Walks! (Leroy Vinnegar, 1957)
- Leroy Walks Again!! (Leroy Vinnegar, 1962–63)