Swamp Seed
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Swamp Seed |
| type | Album |
| artist | Jimmy Heath |
| cover | Swamp Seed.jpg |
| released | 1963 |
| recorded | March 11 & May 28, 1963 |
| New York City | |
| genre | Jazz |
| length | 36:50 |
| label | Riverside |
| RLP 465 | |
| chronology | Jimmy Heath |
| prev_title | Triple Threat |
| prev_year | 1962 |
| next_title | On the Trail |
| next_year | 1964 |
| :: |
| name = Swamp Seed | type = Album | artist = Jimmy Heath | cover = Swamp Seed.jpg | alt = | released = 1963 | recorded = March 11 & May 28, 1963 New York City | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = 36:50 | label = Riverside RLP 465 | producer = | chronology = Jimmy Heath | prev_title = Triple Threat | prev_year = 1962 | next_title = On the Trail | next_year = 1964 Swamp Seed is the fifth album by the saxophonist Jimmy Heath of performances recorded in 1963, originally released on the Riverside label.
Reception
| rev1 = Down Beat | rev1Score = | rev2 = AllMusic | rev2Score = |rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | rev3Score = |rev4 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |rev4score = Scott Yanow of AllMusic wrote, "This is a delightful if underrated set... The music is straight-ahead but contains some unpredictable moments."
Track listing
All compositions by Jimmy Heath except as indicated
- "Six Steps" - 4:49
- "Nutty" (Thelonious Monk) - 4:05
- "More Than You Know" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose) Vincent Youmans) - 5:09
- "Swamp Seed" (Percy Heath) - 5:19
- "D Waltz" - 6:33
- "Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) - 5:28
- "Wall to Wall" - 5:27
Personnel
- Jimmy Heath - tenor saxophone
- Donald Byrd - trumpet
- Jim Buffington, Julius Watkins - French horn
- Don Butterfield - tuba
- Herbie Hancock (tracks 3 & 5–7), Harold Mabern (tracks 1, 2 & 4) - piano
- Percy Heath - double bass
- Connie Kay (tracks 3 & 5–7), Albert Heath (tracks 1, 2 & 4) - drums
References
References
- [http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-400-series/#rlp-465 Riverside Records discography]. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
- ''[[Down Beat]]'', December 19, 1963, volume '''30''', number 32
- Yanow, S.. "Swamp Seed Review".
- (1985). "The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide". Random House/Rolling Stone.
- (2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
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