King Size!

{{Infobox album

| name = King Size!

| type = Album

| artist = André Previn's Trio Jazz

| cover = King Size! (André Previn album).jpg

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| alt =

| released = 1959

| recorded = November 26, 1958

| studio = Contemporary Records Studio in Los Angeles, California

| venue =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 45:38

| label = Contemporary C3570/S7570

| producer = Lester Koenig

| chronology = André Previn

| prev_title = André Previn Plays Songs by Vernon Duke

| prev_year = 1958

| next_title = André Previn Plays Songs by Jerome Kern

| next_year = 1959

}}

King Size! is a jazz album by pianist and composer André Previn recorded in 1958 and released on the Contemporary label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/contemporary-records/catalog-3500-7500-series/#m-3570 Contemporary Records discography] accessed May 18, 2015

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states "This fine release gives one an excellent example of Previn's skills as a jazz pianist".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000276385 |title=King Size! – Review |accessdate=May 18, 2015}} On All About Jazz Dave Rickerts states "King Size is one of the few Previn albums not based around a musical or composer and thus lacks a little bit in focus. ...it takes confident and hardy souls to stretch tracks out to the nine minute mark in a trio setting as they do... Pleasant enough, but not as arresting as Previn's other work".Rickert, D., [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/andre-previn-four-classic-albums-by-david-rickert.php All About Jazz Review], November 23, 2011

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1180}}

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Track listing

All compositions by André Previn, except as indicated

  1. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 6:24
  2. "Much Too Late" - 9:26
  3. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) - 6:59
  4. "It Could Happen to You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 5:52
  5. "Low and Inside" - 8:57
  6. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) - 8:00

Personnel

;André Previn's Trio Jazz

References

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Category:1959 albums

Category:Contemporary Records albums

Category:André Previn albums