Les Jazz Modes
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| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | June 12, 1956 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Dawn DLP-1108 | |||
| Producer | Chuck Darwin | |||
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Les Jazz Modes is an album by Les Jazz Modes Modes led by horn player Julius Watkins and saxophonist Charlie Rouse recorded in 1956 and released on the Dawn label.[1][2][3] The album was released on CD with additional tracks from Jazzville Vol. 1 (Dawn, 1956) and Modern Jazz Festival (Jazztone, 1956)
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars.[4]
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| Allmusic |   [4] |
Track listing
All compositions by Julius Watkins except as indicated, all arrangements by Julius Watkins
- "Dancing on the Ceiling" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) -2:26 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Legend" (Gildo Mahones) - 3:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Temptations" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) - 3:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Episode" - 2:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Dancing in the Dark" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 2:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) - 3:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Town and Country" (Varon) - 4:16
- "When the Blues Come On" (Al Cohn, Charles Isaiah Darwin) - 4:15
- "Blue Modes" - 4:30
- "You Are Too Beautiful" (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:43
- "So Far" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Rodgers) - 2:56
- "Idle Evening" - 4:16
- "Garden Delights" - 5:28
- "Strange Tale" - 4:30
- "Two Songs" - 3:13
- "Stallion" (Mahones) - 3:04 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
- Julius Watkins - French horn
- Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
- Gildo Mahones - piano
- Paul West (tracks 1-6), Paul Chambers (tracks 7-10, 13, 15 & 16), Oscar Pettiford (tracks 11, 12 & 14) - bass
- Art Taylor (tracks 1-6), Ron Jefferson (tracks 7-16) - drums
- Janet Putnam - harp (tracks 8 & 10))
- Eileen Gilbert - vocals (tracks 8, 10 & 14)
References
- ^ Charlie Rouse discography accessed January 1, 2015
- ^ Julius Watkins discography accessed January 1, 2015
- ^ Edwards, D. and Callahan, M. Dawn Album Discography, accessed November 30, 2015
- ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed January 1, 2015