Jam Session (album) explained

Jam Session
Type:Live
Artist:Clifford Brown, Clark Terry and Maynard Ferguson
Cover:Jam Session (album).jpg
Released:1954
Recorded:August 14, 1954
Los Angeles, California
Genre:Jazz
Length:46:47
Label:EmArcy
MG 36002
Chronology:Maynard Ferguson
Prev Title:Jam Session featuring Maynard Ferguson
Prev Year:1954
Next Title:Dimensions
Next Year:1955

Jam Session is a live album by trumpeters Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, and Maynard Ferguson featuring tracks recorded in early 1954 and released on the EmArcy label.[1] The album was recorded at the same session that produced Dinah Washington's Dinah Jams.

Reception

Billboard in 1955 wrote: "Good as all the sidemen are, it's the three trumpets which walk off with top honors. Recording is excellent."[2] AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars and Scott Yanow, in his review, calls it "A brilliant set that is highly recommended".[3]

Track listing

  1. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 14:56
  2. "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:16
  3. "Move" (Denzil Best) – 14:28
  4. "My Funny Valentine/Don't Worry 'bout Me/Bess, You Is My Woman Now/It Might as Well Be Spring" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers/Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler/George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin/Oscar Hammerstein II, Rogers) – 11:29

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/mercury-records/catalog-emarcy-36000-series/#mg-36002 EmArcy Records discography
  2. February 19, 1955 . Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums . . 67 . 8 . 34.
  3. Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed September 28, 2012