Last_Chorus

<i>Last Chorus</i>

Last Chorus

1958 studio album by Ernie Henry

Last Chorus is a posthumous album by American jazz saxophonist Ernie Henry featuring tracks recorded in 1956 and 1957 for the Riverside label.[1]

Quick Facts Last Chorus, Studio album by Ernie Henry ...

Reception

More information Review scores, Source ...

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with Scott Yanow stating "Overall, the music is fine and, surprisingly, does not have an unfinished air about it. It does make one wish that Ernie Henry had taken better care of his health, as he was just beginning to develop a sound of his own".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 3:15
  2. "Beauty and the Blues" (Benny Golson) - 6:28
  3. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 7:49
  4. "Melba's Tune" (Melba Liston) - 2:41
  5. "S'posin'" [alternate take] (Paul Denniker, Andy Razaf) - 4:54 - from 2 Horns/2 Rhythm
  6. "Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are" [excerpt] (Thelonious Monk) - 6:58 - from Monk's Brilliant Corners album
  7. "Like Someone in Love" [alternate take] (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:40 - from Seven Standards and a Blues
  8. "Cleo's Chant" [alternate take] (Ernie Henry) - 8:31 - from Presenting Ernie Henry
  • Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on August 30, 1956 (track 8), October 9, 1956 (track 6), September 15, 1957 (tracks 1-4), September 30, 1957 (track 7) and November 13, 1957 (track 5)
  • The Fresh Sound CD The Last Sessions adds the octet track Stablemates to the 3 octet and 1 quintet tracks and combines them with the complete Seven Standards and a Blues album.

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    Riverside Records discography accessed August 28, 2012
  2. [2]
    Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 28, 2012
  3. [3]
    Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 690. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Last_Chorus, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.