Booker Little (album)

Booker Little
Studio album by Booker Little
Released	1960
Recorded	April 13 & 15, 1960
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:15
Label	Time
Producer	Irving Joseph
Booker Little chronology
Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958) Booker Little (1960) Out Front (1961)

Booker Little is an album by American jazz trumpeter Booker Little featuring performances recorded in 1960 for the Time label.^[1] The CD re-release entitled Booker Little: Complete Quartet Recordings added six bonus tracks recorded in 1958.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "Trumpeter Booker Little's second session as a leader (there would only be four) is a quartet outing that puts the emphasis on relaxed tempoes. Little's immediately recognizable melancholy sound and lyrical style are heard in top form".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Track listing

All compositions, and all sessions led, by Booker Little except as indicated

1. "Opening Statement" - 6:42
2. "Minor Sweet" - 5:38
3. "Bee Tee's Minor Plea" - 5:40
4. "Life's a Little Blue" - 6:53
5. "Grand Valse" - 4:57
6. "Who Can I Turn To?" (Alec Wilder, William Engvick) - 5:25
7. "My Old Flame" [take 1 stereo] (Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston) - 3:34 (Max Roach Quartet^[1]) Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "My Old Flame" [take 2 mono] (Coslow, Johnston) - 3:38 (Max Roach Quartet^[1]) Bonus track on CD reissue
9. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) - 4:14Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "Moonlight Becomes You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 5:41 Bonus track on CD reissue
11. "Blues De Tambour" (Ed Shaughnessy) - 3:39 (Teddy Charles Sextet^[1]) Bonus track on CD reissue
12. "Tune Up" (Miles Davis) - 5:21 (Max Roach New Quintet^[1]) Bonus track on CD reissue

• • Recorded in Chicago in June 1958 (tracks 7 & 8), at the Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island on July 6, 1958 (track 12), and in New York City in October 1958 (tracks 9 & 10), April 13, 1960 (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6) April 15, 1960 (tracks 3 & 4), and August 25, 1960 (track 11).

Personnel

• Booker Little - trumpet
• Eddie Baker (tracks 7 & 8), Tommy Flanagan (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 & 10), Wynton Kelly (tracks 3 & 4), Mal Waldron (track 11) - piano
• Bob Cranshaw (tracks 7 & 8), Art Davis (tracks 9, 10 & 12), Addison Farmer (track 11), Scott LaFaro (tracks 1-6) - bass
• Roy Haynes (tracks 1-6), Max Roach (tracks 7-10 & 12), Ed Shaughnessy (track 11) - drums

References

1. "Booker Little Discography". Jazz Discography Project. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 7, 2011
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 127. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.