With These Hands...
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{{Infobox album
| name = With These Hands...
| type = Studio
| artist = Randy Weston
| cover = With These Hands (Randy Weston album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1956
| recorded = March 14 & 21, 1956
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length = 37:52
| label = Riverside
RLP 12-214
| producer = Orrin Keepnews, Bill Grauer
| chronology = Randy Weston
| prev_title = Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio
| prev_year = 1955
| next_title = Trio and Solo
| next_year = 1955-56
}}
With These Hands... is a jazz album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston, featuring saxophonist Cecil Payne, which was recorded in 1956 and released on the Riverside label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-200-series/#rlp-12-214 Riverside Records discography] accessed August 10, 2012
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
|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=1491}}
}}
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, describing it as being "one of pianist Randy Weston's lesser-known sets".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/with-these-hands-mw0000087360 Allmusic Review], accessed August 10, 2012
Track listing
All compositions by Randy Weston except as indicated
- "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:05
- "Serenade in Blue" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 2:56
- "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 8:47
- "This Can't Be Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:02
- "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) - 4:39
- "Lifetime" - 4:18
- "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - 5:16
- "Little Niles" - 4:54
Personnel
- Randy Weston - piano
- Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone (except 2 and 4)
- Ahmed Abdul-Malik - bass
- Wilbert Hogan - drums
References
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Category:Riverside Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews