Blues Bag, subtitled Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia Of Jazz - Jazz Of The '60s, Vol. 2, is an album by clarinetist Buddy DeFranco recorded in Los Angeles in late 1964 and released by the Vee-Jay label the following year.[1][2]
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Released | 1965 | |||
Recorded | December 1 & 3, 1964 | |||
Studio | United Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 37:23 | |||
Label | Vee-Jay VJLP 2506 | |||
Producer | Leonard Feather | |||
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Critical reception
AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "The seven selections are all bluish with many of them actually being blues. ... This is intriguing music which makes one wish that Buddy DeFranco still played bass clarinet now and then".[3]
Track listing
- "Blues Bag" (Buddy DeFranco) – 5:30
- "Rain Dance" (Victor Feldman) – 5:37
- "Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonious Monk) – 3:44
- "Cousin Mary" (John Coltrane) – 4:40
- "Blues Connotation" (Ornette Coleman) – 3:44
- "Kush" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 7:48
- "Twelve Tone Blues" (Leonard Feather) – 6:20
Personnel
- Buddy DeFranco – clarinet, bass clarinet
- Freddy Hill (track 5), Lee Morgan (tracks 2 & 7) – trumpet
- Curtis Fuller – trombone (tracks 2, 5 & 7)
- Victor Feldman – piano, vibraphone
- Victor Sproles – bass
- Art Blakey – drums
References
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