Jumpin' at the Woodside (album)

Jumpin' at the Woodside, subtitled A Buck Clayton Jam Session, is an album by trumpeter Buck Clayton which was recorded between 1953 and 1956 and released on the Columbia label.[1][2][3]

Jumpin' at the Woodside
Studio album by Buck Clayton
Released	1955
Recorded	March 31, 1954, August 13, 1954 and March 15, 1955
Studio	NYC
Genre	Jazz
Label	Columbia CL 701
Buck Clayton chronology
Buck Clayton Jams Benny Goodman (1953–54) Jumpin' at the Woodside (1955) Jazz Spectacular (1956)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "The music is taken from three different sessions, with this version of "Jumpin' at the Woodside" splicing together the best of two completely different performances. The lineup of top players gives one a good idea as to the high quality of the music".[4]

Track listing

1. "Rock-a-Bye Basie" (Count Basie, Lester Young, Shad Collins) – 8:10
2. "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Basie) – 10:40
3. "Blue and Sentimental" (Basie, Jerry Livingston, Mack David) – 6:30
4. "Broadway" (Billy Byrd, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) – 9:25

• Recorded in NYC on March 31, 1954 (track 2), August 13, 1954 (tracks 2 & 3) and March 15, 1955 (tracks 1 & 4)

Personnel

• Buck Clayton – trumpet
• Joe Newman (tracks 2 & 3), Joe Thomas (track 2) – trumpet
• Ruby Braff – cornet (tracks 1 & 4)
• Bennie Green (tracks 1 & 4), Urbie Green (tracks 2 & 3), Dicky Harris (tracks 1 & 4), Trummy Young (track 2) – trombone
• Woody Herman – clarinet (track 2)
• Lem Davis – alto saxophone (tracks 2 & 3)
• Al Cohn (track 2), Julian Dash (track 2), Coleman Hawkins (tracks 1–4), Buddy Tate (tracks 1 & 4) – tenor saxophone
• Charles Fowlkes – baritone saxophone (tracks 2 & 3)
• Jimmy Jones (track 2), Billy Kyle (tracks 2 & 3) – piano, celeste
• Al Waslohn – piano (tracks 1 & 4)
• Steve Jordan (tracks 1, 2 & 4), Freddie Green (tracks 2 & 3) – guitar
• Milt Hinton (tracks 1–4), Walter Page (track 2) – bass
• Jo Jones – drums
• Jack Ackerman – tap dancing (track 1)

References

1. Edwards, D., Callahan, M., Watts, R. and Eyries, P. Columbia Main Series, Part 3: CL 700–799 (1955). Retrieved June 28, 2017
2. The Complete CBS Buck Clayton Jam Sessions: discography. Retrieved June 28, 2017
3. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Buck Clayton accessed June 30, 2017
4. Yanow, Scott. Jumpin' at the Woodside – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 28, 2017.