Counterpoint for Six Valves
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{{Infobox album
| name = Counterpoint for Six Valves
| type = Studio
| artist = Don Elliott and Rusty Dedrick
| cover = Counterpoint for Six Valves.jpg
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| released = 1956
| recorded = March 16 & 17, 1955 and April 23, 1956
Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
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| genre = Jazz
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| label = Riverside
RLP 12-218
| producer = Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
| chronology = Don Elliott
| prev_title = Don Elliott Sings
| prev_year = 1955
| next_title = The Voice of Marty Bell - The Quartet of Don Elliott
| next_year = 1956
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = 6 Valves 10-inch LP Cover
| type = Album
| cover = Six Valves.jpg
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Counterpoint for Six Valves is an album by American jazz trumpeters Don Elliott and Rusty Dedrick which was recorded in 1955 for the Riverside label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-200-series/#rlp-12-218 Riverside Records discography] accessed August 27, 2012 The album features six tracks that were originally recorded in 1955 and released as the 10-inch LP, Six Valves along with four additional tracks from 1956. This album was also reissued on the Jazzland label as Double Trumpet Doings.
Reception
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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/counterpoint-for-six-valves-mw0000929735 Allmusic Review] accessed August 27, 2012
Track listing
All compositions by Dick Hyman except as indicated
- "Mine" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:08
- "Vampire Till Ready" - 5:03 originally released on 6 Valves
- "Your Own Iron" - 5:01 originally released on 6 Valves
- "It's Easy to Remember" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:55 originally released on 6 Valves
- "The Bull Speaks" - 3:20
- "Dominick Seventh" - 5:08 originally released on 6 Valves
- "Gargantuan Chant" - 4:41 originally released on 6 Valves
- "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) - 5:07 originally released on 6 Valves
- "Henry's Mambo" - 2:15
- "Theme and Inner Tube" - 1:59
- Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City on March 16 & 17, 1955 (tracks 2-4 & 6-8) and April 23, 1956 (tracks 1, 5, 9 & 10)
Personnel
- Rusty Dedrick (tracks 1-3 & 5-10), Don Elliott (tracks 1–7, 9 & 10) - trumpet
- Dick Hyman - piano (tracks 1-9)
- Mundell Lowe - guitar (tracks 1-9)
- Eddie Safranski - bass (tracks 1-9)
- Don Lamond - drums (tracks 1-9)
References
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Category:Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews