Manny Albam - Jazz Workshop

Title: Jazz Workshop Artist: Manny Albam Release Date: 12/24/1955 Re-Released On: 3/8/1999 Label: RCA Victor Album Type(s): Instrumental UPC: 743215915720 Genre: Jazz Style: Progressive Jazz Moods: Playful, Sophisticated, Exuberant, Rollicking, Amiable/Good-Natured, Carefree, Lively, Warm, Energetic Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Anything Goes
2. Headstrong
3. Black Bottom
4. The Changing Scene
5. The Turning Point
6. Charmaine
7. Diga Diga Doo
8. Royal Garden Blues
9. Swinging on a Star
10. Intermezzo
11. Ferris Wheel Urbanity
12. Urbanity

Year Type Label Catalog # 1999 CD RCA Victor 74321591572

Jazz Workshop [Bonus Tracks]

As an arranger and bandleader, the works of Manny Albam seem better appreciated by jazz musicians than by record labels and the jazz-buying public. This RCA Victor LP collects three separate octets recorded over the span of a few days in December 1955, divided evenly between Albam's swinging originals and imaginative charts of standards ("Anything Goes") and oldies like "Black Bottom" and "Charmaine." The band is anchored by bassist Milt Hinton and drummer Osie Johnson, with a rotating cast of soloists who include Bob Brookmeyer, Urbie Green, Hank Jones, Al Cohn, Hal McKusick, and Joe Newman, among others. At least French RCA Victor made this valuable date available on LP for a time during the 1970s, but it has long since lapsed from print, and will be tough to locate, like far too many records by Manny Albam. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Cohn Sax (Tenor), Clarinet, Sax (Soprano) Billy Byers Trombone Bob Brookmeyer Trombone (Valve), Trombone Hal McKusick Sax (Alto) Hank Jones Piano Jimmy Nottingham Trumpet Joe Newman Trumpet Joe Newman Quartet Trumpet Leonard Feather Liner Notes Manny Albam Composer, Arranger, Sax (Baritone), Leader Milt Hinton Bass Nick Travis Trumpet Osie Johnson Drums Sol Schlinger Sax (Baritone) Urbie Green Trombone