The Master (Jimmy Raney album)

The Master
Studio album by Jimmy Raney
Released 1983
Recorded February 16, 1983
Studio Studio 44, Monster, Netherlands
Genre Jazz
Length 59:07
Label Criss Cross
Producer Gerry Teekens
Jimmy Raney chronology
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(1983)		 Nardis
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The Master is an album by jazz guitarist Jimmy Raney that was released by Criss Cross Jazz in 1983.[1][2] The CD release added two alternative takes.[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Ron Wynn of AllMusic states "A nice mid-'80s session with the relaxed, fluid guitar of Jimmy Raney ... He's supported with style by pianist Kirk Lightsey, who emerges as the date's other dominant solo voice".[3]

Track listing

  1. "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 5:52
  2. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) – 6:28
  3. "Along Came Betty" (Benny Golson) – 6:16
  4. "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 3:57
  5. "It's All Right With Me" (Cole Porter) – 8:19
  6. "Lament"(J. J. Johnson) – 7:54
  7. "Tangerine" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) – 6:54
  8. "The Song Is You" [alternate take] (Kern, Hammerstein) – 5:58 Bonus track on CD release
  9. "Tangerine" [alternate take] (Schertzinger, Mercer) – 6:48 Bonus track on CD release

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Criss Cross Jazz album details, accessed March 23, 2017
  2. ↑ Jimmy Raney catalog, accessed March 23, 2017
  3. 1 2 3 Wynn, Ron. Jimmy Raney Quartet: The Master – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
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