Kwamina (album)

Kwamina is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor featuring jazz interpretations of compositions from the Broadway musical Kwamina written by Richard Adler which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Mercury label.^[1]

Kwamina
Studio album by Billy Taylor
Released	1961
Recorded	September 12–14, 1961 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:41
Label	Mercury MG 20654
Billy Taylor chronology
Interlude (1961) Kwamina (1961) Impromptu (1962)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "the music never seriously grabs the listener's attention, though the musicians are playing up to the level one expects of them. Serious Billy Taylor fans will undoubtedly still want to search for this obscure, long unavailable record".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Richard Adler

1. "Something Big" - 3:36
2. "I'm Seeing Rainbows" - 2:54
3. "Ordinary People" - 4:21
4. "The Cocoa Bean Song" - 3:12
5. "What's Wrong With Me" - 2:53
6. "Nothing More to Look Forward To" - 4:34
7. "Another Time, Another Place" - 3:40
8. "Happy Is the Cricket" - 4:23
9. "Sun Is Beginning to Crow" - 3:08

Personnel

• Billy Taylor - piano
• Clark Terry - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Julius Watkins - French horn
• Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
• Phil Woods - alto saxophone
• Frank Wess - tenor saxophone
• Jerome Richardson - baritone saxophone
• Les Spann - guitar
• George Duvivier - bass
• Osie Johnson - drums
• Jimmy Jones Jr. - arranger

References

1. Billy Taylor discography Archived 2007-12-05 at the Wayback Machine accessed November 26, 2012
2. Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed November 26, 2012