Jam Session (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Jam Session
| type = Live
| artist = Clifford Brown, Clark Terry and Maynard Ferguson
| cover = Jam Session (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1954
| recorded = August 14, 1954
Los Angeles, California
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 46:47
| label = EmArcy
MG 36002
| producer =
| chronology = Maynard Ferguson
| prev_title = Jam Session featuring Maynard Ferguson
| prev_year = 1954
| next_title = Dimensions
| next_year = 1955
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Clifford Brown
| type = Live album
| prev_title = Best Coast Jazz
| prev_year = 1954
| title = Jam Session
| year = 1955
| next_title = Clifford Brown All Stars
| next_year = 1956
}}
}}
Jam Session is a live album by trumpeters Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, and Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in early 1954 and released on the EmArcy label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/mercury-records/catalog-emarcy-36000-series/#mg-36002 EmArcy Records discography] accessed September 28, 2012 The album was recorded at the same session that produced Dinah Washington's Dinah Jams.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
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Billboard in 1955 wrote: "Good as all the sidemen are, it's the three trumpets which walk off with top honors. Recording is excellent."{{cite magazine |date=February 19, 1955 |title=Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums |magazine=Billboard |volume=67 |issue=8 |page=34}} AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars and Scott Yanow, in his review, calls it "A brilliant set that is highly recommended".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/jam-session-mw0000086664 AllMusic Review] accessed September 28, 2012
Track listing
- "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 14:56
- "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:16
- "Move" (Denzil Best) – 14:28
- "My Funny Valentine/Don't Worry 'bout Me/Bess, You Is My Woman Now/It Might as Well Be Spring" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers/Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler/George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin/Oscar Hammerstein II, Rogers) – 11:29
Personnel
- Clifford Brown, Maynard Ferguson, Clark Terry – trumpet
- Herb Geller – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
- Harold Land – tenor saxophone
- Junior Mance – piano (tracks 1, 3 & 4)
- Richie Powell – piano (track 2)
- Keter Betts, George Morrow – bass
- Max Roach – drums
- Dinah Washington – vocals (track 2)
References
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Category:1955 collaborative albums
Category:Clifford Brown albums
Category:Maynard Ferguson albums