Last Chorus

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Field	Value
name	Last Chorus
type	Studio
artist	Ernie Henry
cover	Last Chorus.jpg
released	1958
recorded	August 30 and October 9, 1956, September 15 & 30, and November 13, 1957
Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
genre	Jazz
length	44:53
label	Riverside
RLP 12-266
producer	Orrin Keepnews
chronology	Ernie Henry
prev_title	Seven Standards and a Blues
prev_year	1957
next_title	2 Horns / 2 Rhythm
next_year	1957
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Last Chorus is a posthumous album by American jazz saxophonist Ernie Henry featuring tracks recorded in 1956 and 1957 for the Riverside label.

Reception

| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = |rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |rev2score = 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".

Track listing

"Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 3:15
"Beauty and the Blues" (Benny Golson) - 6:28
"All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 7:49
"Melba's Tune" (Melba Liston) - 2:41
"S'posin'" [alternate take] (Paul Denniker, Andy Razaf) - 4:54 - from 2 Horns/2 Rhythm
"Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are" [excerpt] (Thelonious Monk) - 6:58 - from Monk's Brilliant Corners album
"Like Someone in Love" [alternate take] (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:40 - from Seven Standards and a Blues
"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

Ernie Henry - alto saxophone
Lee Morgan (tracks 1–4) - Kenny Dorham (Tracks 5 & 8) trumpet
Melba Liston - trombone (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
Benny Golson (tracks 1, 2 & 4), Sonny Rollins mostly ensemble (track 6) - tenor saxophone
Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
Kenny Drew (track 8), Wynton Kelly (tracks 1–4 & 7), Thelonious Monk (track 6) - piano
Paul Chambers (tracks 1–4), Eddie Mathias (track 5), Oscar Pettiford (track 6), Wilbur Ware (tracks 7 & 8) - bass
G. T. Hogan (track 5), Philly Joe Jones (tracks 1–4 & 7), Max Roach (track 6), Art Taylor (track 8) - drums

References

[http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-200-series/#rlp-12-266 Riverside Records discography] accessed August 28, 2012
(2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/last-chorus-mw0000036951 Allmusic Review] accessed August 28, 2012

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