Jazz of Two Cities explained

Jazz of Two Cities
Type:	Album
Artist:	Warne Marsh
Cover:	Jazz of Two Cities.jpg
Released:	1957
Recorded:	October 3 & 11, 1956
Studio:	Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Imperial LP 9027
Chronology:	Warne Marsh
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Prev Year:	1955
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Next Year:	1956

Jazz of Two Cities, is an album by saxophonist Warne Marsh recorded in 1956 and originally released on the Imperial label.^{[1] [2] [3]} The album was later released in stereo as The Winds of Marsh which featured different takes of four of the numbers.

Reception

The Allmusic review noted "This is some very fine music by a band with an exceptionally rich collective imagination. It is clear that, in the hands of this combo, every theme is treated like a question with an absolutely limitless amount of harmonic and melodic answers".

Track listing

1. "Smog Eyes" (Ted Brown) – 3:30
2. "Ear Conditioning" (Ronnie Ball) – 5:13
3. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 4:27
4. "Quintessence" (Ball) – 2:13
5. "Jazz of Two Cities" (Brown) – 4:38
6. "Dixie's Dilemma" (Warne Marsh) – 4:20
7. "Tschaikovsky's Opus #42, Mt. 3" (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) – 3:59
8. "I Never Knew" (Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn) – 5:10

Personnel

• Warne Marsh. Ted Brown – tenor saxophone
• Ronnie Ball – piano
• Ben Tucker – bass
• Jeff Morton – drums

Notes and References

1. Edwards, D. & Chapman, M. Imperial Album Discography, Part 2 (1956–1958): LPs 9001-9050 accessed May 12, 2017
2. Godwin, M. Discography of Warne Marion Marsh accessed May 12, 2017
3. https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/warne-marsh-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Warne Marsh