Top and Bottom Brass is an album by trumpeter Clark Terry featuring performances recorded in early 1959 and originally released on the Riverside label.[1][2]
| Top and Bottom Brass | ||||
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| Studio album by the Clark Terry Quintet with Don Butterfield | ||||
| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | February 24 & 26, 1959 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 42:16 | |||
| Label | Riverside RLP 12-295 | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
| Clark Terry chronology | ||||
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Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Scott Yanow of Allmusic says, "Terry is in fine form on a variety of blues, originals and obscurities along with the interesting versions of "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" and "A Sunday Kind of Love" but the results overall are not all that significant".[3]
Track listing
editAll compositions by Clark Terry except as indicated
- "Mili-Terry" - 4:19
- "The Swinging Chemise" (Duke Ellington) - 6:58
- "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (Cole Porter) - 3:13
- "Blues for Etta" - 7:22
- "Top 'n' Bottom" - 4:51
- ""127"" - 8:06
- "A Sunday Kind of Love" (Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Louis Prima, Stan Rhodes) - 3:24
- "Mardi Gras Waltz" - 4:03
Personnel
editReferences
edit- ^ Riverside Records discography accessed September 17, 2012
- ^ Lord, T., Clark Terry Discography, accessed March 9, 2015
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 17, 2012
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1393. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.