With These Hands... Explained

With These Hands...
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Randy Weston
Cover:	With These Hands (Randy Weston album).jpg
Released:	1956
Recorded:	March 14 & 21, 1956
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	37:52
Label:	Riverside RLP 12-214
Producer:	Orrin Keepnews, Bill Grauer
Chronology:	Randy Weston
Prev Title:	Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio
Prev Year:	1955
Next Title:	Trio and Solo
Next Year:	1955-56

With These Hands... is a jazz album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston, featuring saxophonist Cecil Payne, which was recorded in 1956 and released on the Riverside label.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, describing it as being "one of pianist Randy Weston's lesser-known sets".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Randy Weston except as indicated

1. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 4:05
2. "Serenade in Blue" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 2:56
3. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 8:47
4. "This Can't Be Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:02
5. "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) - 4:39
6. "Lifetime" - 4:18
7. "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - 5:16
8. "Little Niles" - 4:54

Personnel

• • Randy Weston - piano Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone (except 2 and 4)
• Ahmed Abdul-Malik - bass
• Wilbert Hogan - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-200-series/#rlp-12-214 Riverside Records discography
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed August 10, 2012