Look Stop Listen
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{{Infobox album
| name = Look Stop Listen
| type = Studio
| artist = Philly Joe Jones Dameronia featuring Johnny Griffin
| cover = Look Stop Listen.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1983
| recorded = July 11, 1983
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio Englewood Cliffs, NJ
| genre = Jazz
| length = 55:10
| label = Uptown
{{small|UP 27.15}}
| producer = Helen Keane, Mark Feldman, Robert E. Sunenblick MD.
| chronology = Philly Joe Jones
| prev_title = To Tadd with Love
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = The Rotterdam Session
| next_year = 1985
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Dameronia
| type = Studio album
| prev_title = To Tadd with Love
| prev_year = 1982
| title = Look Stop Listen
| year = 1983
| next_title = Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt Paris
| next_year = 1994
}}
}}
Look Stop Listen (listed on label as Look Stop and Listen) is an album by drummer Philly Joe Jones' Dameronia which was recorded and released on the Uptown label in 1983.[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Uptown.htm Jazzlists: Uptown Records discography] accessed May 8, 2018[https://www.jazzdisco.org/philly-joe-jones/catalog/#uptown-up-27-15 Philly Joe Jones Catalog] accessed May 8, 2018
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=John |title=The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |publisher=Random House |year=1985 |pages=114 }}
}}
The album was nominated for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards.{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/philly-joe-jones/13228 |title=All GRAMMY Awards and Nominations for Philly Joe Jones |website=Grammy.com |access-date=December 29, 2023}}
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow said the album was "Highly recommended".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0001954564 |title= Dameronia: Look Stop and Listen – Review |accessdate=May 8, 2018}}
Track listing
All compositions by Tadd Dameron except where noted
- "Look, Stop and Listen" – 5:52
- "If You Could See Me Now" – 5:34
- "Choose Now" – 5:30
- "Focus" – 5:49
- "Killer Joe" (Benny Golson) – 6:08
- "Dial B for Beauty" – 5:05
- "Our Delight" – 4:27
- "Theme of No Repeat" – 5:52
- "If You Could See Me Now" [1st Take] – 5:41 Additional track on CD release
- "Look, Stop and Listen" [1st Take] – 5:12 Additional track on CD release
Personnel
- Philly Joe Jones – drums
- Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 8-10)
- Don Sickler – trumpet, tenor saxophone, director
- Virgil Jones – trumpet
- Benny Powell – trombone
- Frank Wess – alto saxophone, flute
- Charles Davis – tenor saxophone, flute
- Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
- Walter Davis Jr. – piano
- Larry Ridley – double bass
References
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