St. Thomas: Tribute to Great Tenors

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by DeprecatedFixerBot (talk | contribs) at 06:18, 28 October 2018 (Resolved deprecated parameter(s) from Template:Infobox album/Template:Extra chronology/Template:Extra album cover/Template:Extra track listing using DeprecatedFixerBot. Questions? msg TSD! (please mention that this is task #3! approved BRFA)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

St. Thomas: Tribute to Great Tenors
Studio album by
New York Unit
RecordedJune 25, 1991
StudioMusic Inn Studio, Tokyo
GenreJazz
LabelPaddle Wheel
John Hicks chronology
Blue Bossa
(1990)
St. Thomas: Tribute to Great Tenors
(1991)
Tribute to George Adams
(1991–92)

St. Thomas: Tribute to Great Tenors is an album by New York Unit, consisting of pianist John Hicks, bassist Richard Davis, and drummer Tatsuya Nakamura. It was recorded in 1991.

Recording and music

"During the first half of the 1990s, the New York Unit (pianist John Hicks, bassist Richard Davis, and drummer Tatsuya Nakamura) were actively recording, but usually with a different guest artist."[1] This album was recorded at Music Inn Studio, Tokyo, on June 25, 1991[2] (a discography suggests January 25, 1991[3]). The trio played "songs either composed by or closely associated with each of the four honored musicians": John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, and Archie Shepp[1] (the CD notes add Wayne Shorter to the list[2]).

Release

St. Thomas: Tribute to Great Tenors was released by Paddle Wheel Records.[3]

Track listing

  1. "St. Thomas"
  2. "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise"
  3. "The Shadow of Your Smile"
  4. "Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum"
  5. "Dear Old Stockholm"
  6. "A Child Is Born"
  7. "Impressions"
  8. "My One and Only Love"

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Dryden, Ken "New York Unit – St. Thomas: Tribute to Great Tenors". AllMusic. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  2. ^ a b New York Unit "St. Thomas: Tribute to Great Tenors" (CD liner notes). King Record Co. KICJ 68.
  3. ^ a b "New York Unit Discography". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved August 3, 2017.