Winchester Special
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{{Infobox album
| name = Winchester Special
| type = Studio
| artist = Lem Winchester and Benny Golson
| cover = Winchester Special.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1959
| recorded = September 25, 1959
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length = 39:28
| label = New Jazz
NJLP 8223
| producer = Esmond Edwards
| chronology = Lem Winchester
| prev_title = Lem Winchester and the Ramsey Lewis Trio
| prev_year = 1958
| next_title = Lem's Beat
| next_year = 1960
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Benny Golson
| type = Album
| prev_title = Groovin' with Golson
| prev_year = 1959
| title = Winchester Special
| year = 1959
| next_title = Gettin' with It
| next_year = 1959
}}
}}
Winchester Special is an album by vibraphonist Lem Winchester with saxophonist Benny Golson recorded in 1959 and released on the New Jazz label.[https://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-new-jazz-status-8200-8300-series/#njlp-8223 Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: New Jazz/Status 8200/8300 series] accessed August 22, 2018[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Lem_Winchester.htm Jazzlists: Lem Winchester discography] accessed August 22, 2018
Reception
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = DownBeat
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=DeMichael |first=Don |date=12 May 1960 |title=Lem Winchester-Benny Golson: Winchester Special|magazine=DownBeat |volume=27 |issue=10 |page=34}}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|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=1522}}
}}
Scott Yanow of Allmusic states: "The music falls between bop and hard bop with consistently swinging solos that are generally fairly inventive. This was one of Winchester's three recordings for the New Jazz label; all are easily recommended to straight ahead jazz fans".{{allMusic|first=Scott|last=Yanow|class=album|id=mw0000271817|title=Lem Winchester / Benny Golson: Winchester Special – Review|access-date= August 22, 2018}}
Track listing
- "Down Fuzz" (Lem Winchester) – 10:02
- "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) – 4:02
- "Will You Still Be Mine?" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) – 7:00
- "Mysticism" (Len Foster) – 7:31
- "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" (Burton Lane, Yip Harburg) – 4:11
- "The Dude" (Winchester) – 6:42
Personnel
- Lem Winchester – vibraphone
- Benny Golson – tenor saxophone (tracks 1 & 3-6)
- Tommy Flanagan – piano
- Wendell Marshall – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
References
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Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio