King Size! Explained

King Size!
Type:Album
Artist:André Previn's Trio Jazz
Cover:King Size! (André Previn album).jpg
Border:yes
Released:1959
Recorded:November 26, 1958
Studio:Contemporary Records Studio in Los Angeles, California
Genre:Jazz
Length:45:38
Label:Contemporary C3570/S7570
Producer:Lester Koenig
Chronology:André Previn
Prev Title:André Previn Plays Songs by Vernon Duke
Prev Year:1958
Next Title:André Previn Plays Songs by Jerome Kern
Next Year:1959

King Size! is a jazz album by pianist and composer André Previn recorded in 1958 and released on the Contemporary label.[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states "This fine release gives one an excellent example of Previn's skills as a jazz pianist". On All About Jazz Dave Rickerts states "King Size is one of the few Previn albums not based around a musical or composer and thus lacks a little bit in focus. ...it takes confident and hardy souls to stretch tracks out to the nine minute mark in a trio setting as they do... Pleasant enough, but not as arresting as Previn's other work".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by André Previn, except as indicated

  1. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 6:24
  2. "Much Too Late" - 9:26
  3. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) - 6:59
  4. "It Could Happen to You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 5:52
  5. "Low and Inside" - 8:57
  6. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) - 8:00

Personnel

André Previn's Trio Jazz

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/contemporary-records/catalog-3500-7500-series/#m-3570 Contemporary Records discography
  2. Rickert, D., All About Jazz Review, November 23, 2011