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Snap Your Fingers (album)

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Snap Your Fingers
Studio album / Live album by
Released1962
RecordedJanuary 31 and February 19, 1962
VenueBirdland, NYC
StudioTer-Mar Studios, Chicago, IL
GenreJazz
Length41:28
LabelArgo
LP-700
ProducerRalph Bass
Al Grey chronology
The Al Grey - Billy Mitchell Sextet
(1961)
Snap Your Fingers
(1962)
Night Song
(1962)
Billy Mitchell chronology
The Al Grey - Billy Mitchell Sextet
(1961)
Snap Your Fingers
(1962)
This Is Billy Mitchell
(1962)

Snap Your Fingers is an album by trombonist Al Grey released in 1962 on Argo Records featuring studio and live recordings.[1][2][3][4][5]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[7]

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated "Trombonist Al Grey is joined by emerging young tenor saxophonist Billy Mitchell on this pair of 1962 sessions ... There's not a bad track on this".[6]

Track listing

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  1. "Nothing But the Truth" (Billy Bowen) – 3:20
  2. "Three-Fourth Blues" (Gene Kee) – 5:23
  3. "Just Waiting" (Melba Liston) – 2:57
  4. "R. B. Q." (Kee) – 4:58
  5. "Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) – 4:19
  6. "Minor on Top" (Thad Jones) – 6:50
  7. "African Lady" (Randy Weston) – 4:29
  8. "Hi-Fly" (Weston) – 9:22
  • Recorded at Birdland, NYC on January 31, 1962 (tracks 6–8) and Ter-Mar Studios, Chicago, IL on February 19, 1962 (tracks 1–5)

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Edwards, D. and Callahan, M. Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956–1965) accessed April 24, 2017
  2. ^ Fitzgerald, M. Argo/Cadet Records Listing accessed April 24, 2017
  3. ^ Jazzlists: Argo/Cadet discography (LP 701 to LP 799) accessed April 24, 2017
  4. ^ Mortensen, S. The Complete Bobby Hutcherson Discography accessed April 24, 2017
  5. ^ Bobby Hutcherson Discography – as a sideman: Snap Your Fingers accessed April 24, 2017
  6. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. ''Snap Your Fingers – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  7. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 605. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.