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Detroit–New York Junction

1956 studio album by Thad Jones

Detroit–New York Junction

Studio album by

Thad Jones

Released

1956

Recorded

March 13, 1956

Studio

Audio-Video Studios, NYC

Genre

Jazz

Length

34:30

Label

Blue Note
BLP 1513

Producer

Alfred Lion

Thad Jones chronology

The Fabulous Thad Jones
(1956)

Detroit–New York Junction
(1956)

The Magnificent Thad Jones
(1956)

Detroit–New York Junction is an album by American jazz trumpeter Thad Jones recorded on March 13, 1956 and released on Blue Note.^[1]

Background

The recording session was one of Tommy Flanagan's first recording sessions after he moved to New York City in 1956, and came one day after the pianist played with the same rhythm section for a Blue Note session led by Kenny Burrell.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called Detroit–New York Junction "an excellent set of driving hard bop".^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Thad Jones, except as noted.

Side 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Blue Room"	Lorenz Hart Richard Rodgers	6:48
2.	"Tariff"		5:32
3.	"Little Girl Blue"	Hart Rodgers	2:52

Side 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Scratch"	10:32
2.	"Zec"	8:46

Personnel

Thad Jones – trumpet
Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone (except "Little Girl Blue")
Tommy Flanagan – piano (except "Little Girl Blue")
Kenny Burrell – guitar
Oscar Pettiford – bass
Shadow Wilson – drums (except "Little Girl Blue")

References

^ Blue Note discography accessed December 26, 2010
^ ^a ^b Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed December 26, 2010
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 799. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.