Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More

{{short description|1963 studio album by Lucky Thompson}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More

| type = Studio

| artist = Lucky Thompson

| cover = Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1963

| recorded = March 8, 1963

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

| genre = Jazz

| length = 33:53

| label = Moodsville
MVLP 39

| producer = Don Schlitten

| chronology = Lucky Thompson

| prev_title = Lord, Lord, Am I Ever Gonna Know?

| prev_year = 1961

| next_title = Lucky Strikes

| next_year = 1964

}}

Lucky Thompson Plays Jerome Kern and No More is an album led by saxophonist Lucky Thompson recorded in 1963 and released on the Moodsville label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-moodsville-series/#mvlp-39 Prestige Records discography] accessed May 20, 2013

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = Down Beat

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}Down Beat: August 15, 1963 vol. 30, no. 23

}}

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/lucky-thompson-plays-jerome-kern-and-no-more-mw0000873657 AllMusic Review], accessed May 20, 2013

Track listing

All compositions by Lucky Thompson except where noted

  1. "They Didn't Believe Me" (Jerome Kern, Herbert Reynolds) – 5:03
  2. "Long Ago (And Far Away)" (Kern, Ira Gershwin) – 4:01
  3. "Who?" (Kern, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:44
  4. "Why Do I Love You?" (Kern, Hammerstein) – 3:09
  5. "Lovely to Look At" (Kern, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:59
  6. "Dearly Beloved" (Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 3:32
  7. "Look for the Silver Lining" (Kern, Buddy DeSylva) – 2:56
  8. "Why Was I Born?" (Kern, Hammerstein) – 3:50
  9. "No More" – 5:29

Personnel

References