Plenty of Horn (Paul Horn album) explained

Plenty of Horn
Type:	Album
Artist:	Paul Horn
Cover:	Plenty of Horn (Paul Horn album).jpg
Released:	1958
Recorded:	April 10 & 23, 1958 Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Dot DLP 9002
Producer:	Tom Mack
Chronology:	Paul Horn
Prev Title:	House of Horn
Prev Year:	1957
Next Title:	Impressions!
Next Year:	1959

Plenty of Horn is the second album by saxophonist Paul Horn, released on the Dot label in 1958.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating: "Horn is in excellent form on the wide-ranging material which reflects the influence of Hamilton's chamber jazz approach but also contains some hard swinging".

Track listing

All compositions by Paul Horn except as indicated

1. "Chloe" (Gus Kahn, Neil Moret) - 4:47
2. "A Parable" - 4:07
3. "Blues for Tom" - 3:57
4. "The Smith Family" (Fred Katz) - 2:42
5. "Romanze" (Katz) - 4:11
6. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) - 4:06
7. "Moods for Horn" (Allyn Ferguson):
   1. "Effervescense" - 2:24
   2. "Reminescense" - 3:57
   3. "Exuberance" - 2:07
   4. "Ebullience" - 4:20
8. "Tellin' the Truth" (Billy Bean) - 3:33

• Recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, CA on April 10, 1958 (tracks 1-6 & 8) and April 23, 1958 (track 7)

Personnel

• Paul Horn - alto saxophone, flute, piccolo, alto flute, clarinet
• Fred Katz - cello, piano
• Larry Bunker - vibraphone, claves
• Billy Bean - guitar
• Red Mitchell - bass
• Shelly Manne - drums
• Ray Kramer - cello (tracks 1-6 & 8)
• Mongo Santamaria - congas (tracks 1-6 & 8)
• Ken Bright, Ed Leddy, Stu Williamson - trumpet (track 7)
• Vincent DeRosa, Dick Perissi - French horn (track 7)
• Red Callender - tuba (track 7)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/paul-horn/catalog/#dot-dlp-9002 Paul Horn Catalog
2. http://paulhornmusic.com/music/discography/ Paul Horn discography
3. Edwards, D. and Callahan, M. Dot Album Discography Part 7: Misc. Series, Related LPs & CDs accessed August 17, 2015