Walking Down

Walking Down is an album by American trombonist Bennie Green, recorded in 1956 and released on the Prestige label.^[1][2]

Walking Down
Studio album by Bennie Green
Released	1956
Recorded	June 29, 1956
Genre	Jazz
Length	40:59
Label	Prestige
Producer	Bob Weinstock
Bennie Green chronology
Bennie Green with Art Farmer (1956) Walking Down (1956) Back on the Scene (1958)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated: "The solos are colorful if occasionally stumbling, and the arrangements of the four standards and Green's "East of the Little Big Horn" have their share of surprises."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Bennie Green except as indicated

1. "Walkin'" (credited as "Walking Down") (Richard Carpenter) - 12:00
2. "The Things We Did Last Summer (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 12:19
3. "East of the Little Big Horn" (Bennie Green) - 5:36
4. "It's You or No One" (Cahn, Styne) - 5:44
5. "But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:20

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on June 29, 1956.

Personnel

• Bennie Green - trombone
• Eric Dixon - tenor saxophone
• Lloyd Mayers - piano
• Sonny Wellesley - bass
• Bill English - drums

References

1. Prestige discography accessed October 7, 2010
2. Yanow, Scott (May 7, 2000). Bebop. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306083 – via Google Books.
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 7, 2010
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 596. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.