Manhattan Project (album) explained

Manhattan Project
Type:	Album
Artist:	Dizzy Reece
Cover:	Manhattan Project (album).jpg
Released:	1978
Recorded:	January 17, 1978
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	47:16
Label:	Bee Hive
Chronology:	Dizzy Reece
Prev Title:	From In to Out
Prev Year:	1970
Next Title:	Blowin' Away
Next Year:	1978

Manhattan Project is an album by Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece featuring performances recorded in 1978 and released on the Bee Hive label. In 2015, Mosaic Records included this recording in The Complete Bee Hive Sessions (Mosaic MD12-261), a 12-CD box set.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Hopefully, this highly enjoyable Bee Hive LP will someday be rediscovered and reissued on CD".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Reece except as indicated

1. "Con Man" - 8:55
2. "Manhattan Walk" - 7:59
3. "Yule On The Hudson" - 9:05
4. "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 13:20
5. "One For Trane" (Mickey Bass) - 7:57

• Recorded at Blue Rock Studio, N.Y.C. on January 17, 1978.

Personnel

• Dizzy Reece - trumpet
• Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
• Charles Davis - tenor saxophone
• Albert Dailey - piano
• Art Davis - bass
• Roy Haynes - drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bee Hive. www.mosaicrecords.com. 14 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160718100523/http://www.mosaicrecords.com/The-Complete-Bee-Hive-Sessions-261/productinfo/261-MD-CD. 18 July 2016. dead.
2. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r146110|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed September 29, 2010