Serenade to a Bus Seat
1957 studio album by Clark Terry Quintet
Serenade to a Bus Seat | ||||
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Studio album by Clark Terry Quintet | ||||
Released | 1957 | |||
Recorded | April 27, 1957 Reeves Sound Studios, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 41:32 | |||
Label | Riverside RLP 12-237 | |||
Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
Clark Terry chronology | ||||
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Serenade to a Bus Seat is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clark Terry featuring tracks recorded in 1957 for the Riverside label.[1][2]
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Down Beat | [3] |
Allmusic | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars stating "This set contains excellent straightahead jazz performed with plenty of spirit".[4][2]
Track listing
All compositions by Clark Terry except where noted
- "Donna Lee" (Charlie Parker) - 4:04
- "Boardwalk" - 7:01
- "Boomerang" - 6:01
- "Digits" - 4:08
- "Serenade to a Bus Seat" - 4:37
- "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) - 5:15
- "Cruising" - 8:27
- "That Old Black Magic" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 1:59
Personnel
- Clark Terry - trumpet
- Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone
- Wynton Kelly - piano
- Paul Chambers - bass
- Philly Joe Jones - drums
References
- ^ Riverside Records discography accessed September 13, 2012
- ^ a b Lord, T., Clark Terry Discography, accessed March 9, 2015
- ^ Down Beat: January 23, 1958 Vol. 25, No. 2
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 13, 2012
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1390. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader
or
co-leader
- Clark Terry (1955)
- Serenade to a Bus Seat (1957)
- Out on a Limb with Clark Terry (1957)
- Duke with a Difference (1957)
- In Orbit (1958)
- Top and Bottom Brass (1959)
- Tate-a-Tate (and Buddy Tate, 1960)
- Color Changes (1960)
- Everything's Mellow (1961)
- Clark Terry Plays the Jazz Version of All American (1962)
- Back in Bean's Bag (and Coleman Hawkins, 1962)
- 3 in Jazz (split album with Gary Burton & Sonny Rollins, 1963)
- Oscar Peterson Trio + One (1964)
- The Happy Horns of Clark Terry (1964)
- Tonight (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1964)
- The Power of Positive Swinging (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1965)
- Gingerbread Men (and Bob Brookmeyer, 1966)
- Mumbles (1966)
- Soul Duo (and Shirley Scott, 1966)
- Spanish Rice (and Chico O'Farrill, 1966)
- It's What's Happenin' (1967)
- Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry (1975)
- Ain't Misbehavin' (1979)
- Mother———! Mother———!! (1979)
- Memories of Duke (1980)
Duke
Ellington
- Ellington Uptown (1952)
- Premiered by Ellington (1953)
- Ellington '55 (1953–54)
- Dance to the Duke! (1953–54)
- Ellington Showcase (1953–55)
- A Drum Is a Woman (1956)
- Blue Rose (1956)
- Ellington at Newport (1956)
- Such Sweet Thunder (1957)
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)
- All Star Road Band (1957)
- Ellington Indigos (1957)
- Black, Brown and Beige (1958)
- Blues in Orbit (1958–59)
- Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque (1958)
- The Cosmic Scene (1958)
- Festival Session (1959)
- The Ellington Suites (1959)
- The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (1967)
Johnny
Hodges
- Creamy (1954)
- Ellingtonia '56 (1956)
- Duke's in Bed (1956)
- The Big Sound (1957)
- Big Bags (with Milt Jackson, 1962)
- For Someone I Love (with Milt Jackson, 1963)
- Ray Brown / Milt Jackson (1965)
Quincy
Jones
- The Birth of a Band! (1959)
- I Dig Dancers (1960)
- The Quintessence (1961)
- Big Band Bossa Nova (1962)
- Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits (1962–63)
- Quincy Jones Explores the Music of Henry Mancini (1964)
- Quincy Plays for Pussycats (1959–65)
- The Hot Rock (1972)
Herbie
Mann
- Our Mann Flute (1960–66)
- Latin Fever (1962–64)
- My Kinda Groove (1964)
- The Beat Goes On (1964–67)
- The Herbie Mann String Album (1964–67)
Oliver
Nelson
- Impressions of Phaedra (1962)
- Full Nelson (1962–63)
- Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle (1966)
- Happenings (with Hank Jones, 1966)
- Encyclopedia of Jazz (1965–66)
- The Sound of Feeling (1966–67)
- The Spirit of '67 (with Pee Wee Russell, 1967)
others
- My Kinda Swing (Ernestine Anderson, 1959)
- Gloomy Sunday and Other Bright Moments (Bob Brookmeyer, 1961)
- Soul Summit Vol. 2 (Gene Ammons, 1961)
- Late Hour Special (Gene Ammons, 1961–62)
- Velvet Soul (Gene Ammons, 1962)
- One Foot in the Gutter (Dave Bailey, 1960)
- Gettin' Into Somethin' (Dave Bailey, 1960)
- Goodies (George Benson, 1968)
- Bobo's Beat (Willie Bobo, 1968)
- Jam Session (Clifford Brown, 1954)
- Ruth Brown '65 (Ruth Brown, 1964)
- Who Is Gary Burton? (1962)
- Byrd at the Gate (Charlie Byrd, 1963)
- Son of Drum Suite (Al Cohn, 1960)
- The Magic Touch (Tadd Dameron, 1962)
- Afro-Jaws (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
- Trane Whistle (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
- Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962)
- Ella Abraça Jobim (Ella Fitzgerald, 1980–81)
- Big Band Bossa Nova (Stan Getz, 1962)
- Stan Getz Plays Music from the Soundtrack of Mickey One (1965)
- Gillespiana (Dizzy Gillespie, 1960)
- Carnegie Hall Concert (Dizzy Gillespie, 1961)
- Cookin' (Paul Gonsalves, 1957)
- The Big Soul-Band (Johnny Griffin, 1960)
- White Gardenia (Johnny Griffin, 1961)
- Homage to Duke (Dave Grusin, 1993)
- The Further Adventures of El Chico (Chico Hamilton, 1966)
- It's About Time (Jimmy Hamilton, 1961)
- You Better Know It!!! (Lionel Hampton, 1964)
- Really Big! (Jimmy Heath, 1960)
- Friends Old and New (John Hicks, 1992)
- Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (JATP, 1983)
- Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960)
- J.J.! (J.J. Johnson, 1964)
- Goodies (J.J. Johnson, 1965)
- Concepts in Blue (J.J. Johnson, 1980)
- Summit Meeting (Elvin Jones, 1977)
- Down Home (Sam Jones, 1962)
- At Newport '63 (Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan, 1963)
- The Centaur and the Phoenix (Yusef Lateef, 1960)
- Themes from Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables and Other TV Action Jazz (Mundell Lowe, 1960)
- Satan in High Heels (Mundell Lowe, 1961)
- The Soul of Hollywood (Junior Mance, 1962)
- The Jazz Version of "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" (Gary McFarland, 1961)
- Tijuana Jazz (Gary McFarland, 1965)
- Mingus Revisited/Pre-Bird (Charles Mingus, 1960)
- The Complete Town Hall Concert (Charles Mingus, 1962)
- Smooth as the Wind (Blue Mitchell, 1960–61)
- A Sure Thing (Blue Mitchell, 1962)
- Jazz Dialogue (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1965)
- Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band at the Village Vanguard (1960)
- Gerry Mulligan '63 (Gerry Mulligan, 1962)
- That's How I Love the Blues! (Mark Murphy, 1962)
- Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill, 1966)
- Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974)
- The Alternate Blues (Oscar Peterson, 1980)
- The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980)
- Basically Duke (Oscar Pettiford, 1954)
- The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (Big Joe Turner, 1974)
- Bossa Nova Carnival (Dave Pike, 1962)
- Jazz for the Jet Set (Dave Pike, 1965)
- Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (1958)
- New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin, 1964)
- Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
- Hobo Flats (Jimmy Smith, 1963)
- The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt, 1965)
- I Keep Comin' Back! (Sonny Stitt, 1966)
- Taylor Made Jazz (Billy Taylor, 1959)
- New York City R&B (Cecil Taylor, 1961)
- Kwamina (Billy Taylor, 1961)
- Out of the Storm (Ed Thigpen, 1966)
- Devil May Care (Teri Thornton, 1960–61)
- Joyride (Stanley Turrentine, 1965)
- Live at Newport (McCoy Tyner, 1963)
- Dinah Jams (Dinah Washington, 1954)
- Uhuru Afrika (Randy Weston, 1960)
- At Newport '63 (with Joe Williams, 1963)
- New York, New Sound (Gerald Wilson, 2003)
- Kai Olé (Kai Winding, 1961)
- The Colorful Strings of Jimmy Woode (Jimmy Woode, 1957)