Top Brass
Top Brass (subtitled Featuring 5 Trumpets) is an album by American jazz composer and arranger Ernie Wilkins featuring performances recorded in 1955 and first released on the Savoy label.[1][2] The album consists of five original selections with trumpeters Ray Copeland, Idrees Sulieman, Donald Byrd, Ernie Royal and Joe Wilder followed by five standards featuring each individually.
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| Released | 1956 | |||
| Recorded | November 8, 1955 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:52 | |||
| Label | Savoy MG 12044 | |||
| Producer | Ozzie Cadena | |||
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 3 stars stating "If there's any complaint about this studio date at all, it is the excess reverb used at times, which is surprising due to Rudy Van Gelder's usually impeccable sound". [3]
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Track listing
All compositions by Ernie Wilkins except where noted
- "58 Market Street" (Earl Van Riper, Ernie Wilkins) - 4:26
- "Trick or Treat" (Manny Albam, Wilkins) - 5:22
- "Speedway" - 4:43
- "Dot's What" (Johnny Mandel) - 5:41
- "Top Brass" - 3:22
- "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 2:16
- "Imagination" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 4:41
- "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 1:01
- "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 2:37
- "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John La Touche) - 3:43
Personnel
- Ernie Wilkins - arranger, conductor
- Ray Copeland (tracks 1-5 & 10), Idrees Sulieman (tracks 1-5 & 7), Donald Byrd (tracks 1-5 & 8), Ernie Royal (tracks 1-5 & 9), Joe Wilder (tracks 1-6) - trumpet
- Hank Jones - piano
- Wendell Marshall - bass
- Kenny Clarke – drums
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References
- Savoy Records Catalog: 12000 series accessed February 5, 2016
- Discography of the Savoy/Regent and Associated labels accessed February 5, 2016
- Dryden, Ken. Top Brass Featuring Five Trumpets – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
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