Man Bites Harmonica!

Man Bites Harmonica! is an album by harmonica player Jean "Toots" Thielemans which was recorded in late 1957 and early 1958 for the Riverside label.[1]

Man Bites Harmonica!
Studio album by
Released1958
RecordedDecember 30, 1957 and January 7, 1958
Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length38:25
LabelRiverside
RLP 12-257
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Toots Thielemans chronology
The Sound
(1955)
Man Bites Harmonica!
(1958)
The Whistler and His Guitar
(1964)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars. In his review, Scott Yanow states "Even four decades later, no jazz harmonica player has dethroned the great Toots".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Toots Thielemans except as indicated

  1. "East of the Sun" (Brooks Bowman) - 7:14
  2. "Don't Blame Me" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 2:27
  3. "18th Century Ballroom" (Ray Bryant) - 3:46
  4. "Soul Station" - 6:58
  5. "Fundamental Frequency" - 4:54
  6. "Struttin' With Some Barbecue" (Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye) - 4:30
  7. "Imagination" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:27
  8. "Isn't It Romantic?" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:16
  • Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on December 30, 1957 (tracks 1, 3-6 & 8) and January 7, 1958 (tracks 2 & 7)

Personnel

References

  1. Riverside Records discography accessed September 14, 2012
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 14, 2012
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