Asia Minor (album)
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Asia Minor | ||||
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File:Asia Minor (album).jpg | ||||
Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1962 | |||
Recorded | March 13, 1962 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 36:25 | |||
Label | New Jazz | |||
Dizzy Reece chronology | ||||
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Asia Minor is an album by Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece featuring performances recorded in 1962 and originally released on the New Jazz label.[1]
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Source | Rating |
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated: "The solos tend to be concise but quite meaningful, and, overall, this hard bop but occasionally surprising session is quite memorable".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Dizzy Reece except where noted.
- "The Shadow of Khan" – 5:31
- "The Story of Love" (Carlos Eleta Almarán) – 4:32
- "Yamask" – 5:40
- "Spiritus Parkus [Parker's Spirit]" (Cecil Payne) – 4:40
- "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 7:51
- "Ackmet" – 8:11
Personnel
- Dizzy Reece – trumpet
- Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone, flute
- Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
- Hank Jones – piano
- Ron Carter – bass
- Charlie Persip – drums
References
- ^ Prestige discography accessed September 29, 2010
- ^ Down Beat:Down Beat: January 3, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 1
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 29, 2010
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1199. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.