Direct from L.A.

Direct from L.A.
Studio album by The Great Jazz Trio
Released 1978
Recorded October 6, 1977
Warner Brothers Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Length 28:59
Label East Wind
EW-10005
Producer Kiyoshi Itoh and Yasohachi Itoh
Hank Jones chronology
Kindness Joy Love & Happiness
(1977)
Direct from L.A.
(1977)
Tiptoe Tapdance
(1978)

Direct from L.A. is an album by the Great Jazz Trio; pianist Hank Jones, bassist Buster Williams and drummer Tony Williams, recorded using direct metal mastering in 1977 for the Japanese East Wind label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and its review by Ken Dryden states, "If there's a bone to pick with this well-recorded CD, it is the miserly length of just 29 minutes".[3]

Track listing

  1. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 8:00
  2. "'Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) - 6:13
  3. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) - 8:26
  4. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 6:20

Personnel

References

  1. The Great Jazz Trio Catalog accessed August 3, 2015
  2. East Wind Records List accessed August 3, 2015
  3. 1 2 Dryden, Ken. The Great Jazz Trio Direct from L.A. – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
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