Walking Down Explained

Walking Down
Type:	Album
Artist:	Bennie Green
Cover:	Walking Down.jpg
Released:	1956
Recorded:	June 29, 1956
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	40:59
Label:	Prestige
Producer:	Bob Weinstock
Chronology:	Bennie Green
Prev Title:	Bennie Green with Art Farmer
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	Back on the Scene
Next Year:	1958

Walking Down is an album by American trombonist Bennie Green, recorded in 1956 and released on the Prestige label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated: "The solos are colorful if occasionally stumbling, and the arrangements of the four standards and Green's "East of the Little Big Horn" have their share of surprises."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Bennie Green except as indicated

1. "Walkin'" (credited as "Walking Down") (Richard Carpenter) - 12:00
2. "The Things We Did Last Summer (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 12:19
3. "East of the Little Big Horn" (Bennie Green) - 5:36
4. "It's You or No One" (Cahn, Styne) - 5:44
5. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:20

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on June 29, 1956.

Personnel

• Bennie Green - trombone
• Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone
• Lloyd Mayers - piano
• Sonny Wellesley - bass
• Bill English - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-7000-series/#prlp-7049 Prestige discography
2. Book: Yanow, Scott. Bebop. May 7, 2000. Hal Leonard Corporation. 9780879306083. Google Books.
3. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r139775|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed October 7, 2010