Jimmy Knepper in L.A. explained

Jimmy Knepper in L.A.
Type:Album
Artist:Jimmy Knepper Quintet
Cover:Jimmy Knepper in LA.jpg
Released:1978
Recorded:September 8 & 9, 1977
Studio:Sage & Sound Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA
Genre:Jazz
Length:40:45
Label:Discomate
DSP-5008
Producer:Lew Tabackin
Chronology:Jimmy Knepper
Prev Title:Cunningbird
Prev Year:1976
Next Title:Just Friends
Next Year:1978

Jimmy Knepper in L.A. is an album led by trombonist Jimmy Knepper, recorded in 1977 and originally released in Japan on the Discomate label and in the United States on the Inner City label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "These veterans have little difficulty coming up with fresh statements on the six familiar chord changes that they interpret. The hard-charging Tabackin matches very well with Knepper's sly trombone; they should have a rematch someday".

Track listing

  1. "The Masher" (Jimmy Knepper) – 5:02
  2. "My Old Flame" (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) – 4:57
  3. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 8:23
  4. "Bertha the Dragoness" (Knepper) – 5:30
  5. "All the Things You Are" (Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 10:30
  6. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) – 6:23

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Fitzgerald, M. Jimmy Knepper Leader Entry accessed April 7, 2017