The Thumper
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | The Thumper |
| type | Album |
| artist | Jimmy Heath |
| cover | The Thumper.jpg |
| released | 1960 |
| recorded | September 1959 |
| New York City | |
| genre | Jazz |
| length | 39:50 |
| label | Riverside |
| RLP 314 | |
| chronology | Jimmy Heath |
| next_title | Really Big! |
| next_year | 1960 |
| :: |
| name = The Thumper | type = Album | artist = Jimmy Heath | cover = The Thumper.jpg | alt = | released = 1960 | recorded = September 1959 New York City | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = 39:50 | label = Riverside RLP 314 | producer = | chronology = Jimmy Heath | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Really Big! | next_year = 1960 The Thumper is the debut album by saxophonist Jimmy Heath featuring performances recorded in 1959 originally released on the Riverside label.
Reception
| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = DownBeat | rev2score = |rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |rev3score = Scott Yanow of Allmusic says, "The excellent session of late '50s straightahead jazz is uplifted above the normal level by Heath's writing".
Track listing
All compositions by Jimmy Heath except as indicated
- "For Minors Only" - 4:53
- "Who Needs It?" (Wynton Kelly) - 5:35
- "Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know)" (Mack David, Duke Ellington) - 5:02
- "Two Tees" - 4:14
- "The Thumper" - 4:01
- "New Keep" - 4:11
- "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) - 4:35
- "I Can Make You Love Me" (Peter DeRose, Bob Russell) - 3:27
- "Nice People" - 3:52
Personnel
- Jimmy Heath - tenor saxophone
- Nat Adderley - cornet
- Curtis Fuller - trombone
- Wynton Kelly - piano
- Paul Chambers - bass
- Albert Heath - drums
References
References
- [http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-300-series/#rlp-12-314 Riverside Records discography] accessed October 22, 2012
- DeMichael, Don. (14 April 1960). "Jimmy Heath: ''The Thumper''".
- (2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
- Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-thumper-mw0000111802 Allmusic Review] accessed October 22, 2012
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