Enough Said! Explained

Enough Said!
Type:Studio
Cover:Enough Said!.jpg
Released:1959
Recorded:August 21, 1959
Studio:Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:Jazz
Label:Prestige
PRLP 7164
Producer:Esmond Edwards
Chronology:Bill Jennings
Prev Title:Billy in the Lion's Den
Prev Year:1957
Next Title:Glide On
Next Year:1960

Enough Said! is an album by guitarist Bill Jennings, which was recorded in 1959 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Reception

AllMusic's Richie Unterberger stated "Jennings shows off the bluesy tone that made him a favorite of B.B. King on his composition "Tough Gain" and the group-penned "Blue Jams", but aside from these, most of the tracks are slow-to-midtempo shuffles—edifying yet not exciting. On "Dark Eyes", Jennings varies the pace in a more arresting fashion than usual, playing sleepy lines with a crying tone to achieve a near slide-effect before the tempo abruptly doubles and the tune drops into a bop groove in its last half". On All About Jazz, Derek Taylor said "Jennings’ maybe be a forgotten footnote today, but after listening to this disc it’s easy to imagine that he had his moment in the limelight shortly after these sessions hit the record shops".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Enough Said" (Alvin Johnson) – 6:40
  2. "Tough Gain" (Bill Jennings) – 4:15
  3. "Volare" (Franco Migliacci, Domenico Modugno) 7:00
  4. "Dark Eyes" (Adalgiso Ferraris) – 4:39
  5. "It Could Happen to You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 6:24
  6. "Blue Jams" (Bill Jennings, Jack McDuff) – 5:26
  7. "Dig Uncle Will" (McDuff) – 3:28

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. https://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7100-series/#prlp-7164 Jazzdisco: Prestige Records Catalog: 7100 series
  2. Taylor, D. All About Jazz Review accessed August 21, 2018