Kwamina (album)
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| Studio album by Billy Taylor | ||||
| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | September 12-14, 1961 New York City |
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 32:41 | |||
| Label | Mercury MG 20654 |
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Kwamina is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor featuring jazz interpretations of compositions from the Broadway musical Kwamina written by Richard Adler which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Mercury label.[1]
Reception
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "the music never seriously grabs the listener's attention, though the musicians are playing up to the level one expects of them. Serious Billy Taylor fans will undoubtedly still want to search for this obscure, long unavailable record".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Richard Adler
- "Something Big" - 3:36
- "I'm Seeing Rainbows" - 2:54
- "Ordinary People" - 4:21
- "The Cocoa Bean Song" - 3:12
- "What's Wrong With Me" - 2:53
- "Nothing More to Look Forward To" - 4:34
- "Another Time, Another Place" - 3:40
- "Happy Is the Cricket" - 4:23
- "Sun Is Beginning to Crow" - 3:08
Personnel
- Billy Taylor - piano
- Clark Terry - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Julius Watkins - French horn
- Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
- Phil Woods - alto saxophone
- Frank Wess - tenor saxophone
- Jerome Richardson - baritone saxophone
- Les Spann - guitar
- George Duvivier - bass
- Osie Johnson - drums
- Jimmy Jones Jr. - arranger
References
- ↑ Billy Taylor discography accessed November 26, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed November 26, 2012
