Nice Day with Buddy Collette

1957 studio album by Buddy Collette
Nice Day with Buddy Collette
Studio album by
Buddy Collette
Released1957
RecordedNovember 6 & 29, 1956 and February 18, 1957
Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
GenreJazz
Length38:29
LabelContemporary C3531
ProducerLester Koenig
Buddy Collette chronology
Man of Many Parts
(1956) 		Nice Day with Buddy Collette
(1957) 		Cool, Calm & Collette
(1957)

Nice Day with Buddy Collette is the second album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Buddy Collette, recorded at sessions in late 1956 and early 1957 and released on the Contemporary label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [3]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Overall this set serves as a good all-around showcase for Buddy Collette's playing and writing talents".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Buddy Collette except as indicated

  1. "Nice Day" - 4:19
  2. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 4:26
  3. "Minor Deviation" (Dick Shreve) - 4:42
  4. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 5:15
  5. "Change It" - 3:19
  6. "Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten, Buster Moten) - 3:26
  7. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 3:09
  8. "Blues for Howard" - 4:03
  9. "Fall Winds" - 6:28
  10. "Buddy Boo" - 4:31
  • Recorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles on November 6, 1956 (tracks 1 & 4), November 29, 1956 (tracks 3, 5 & 7-9) and February 18, 1957 (tracks 2, 6 & 10).

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 28, 2015
  2. ^ a b Scott Yanow, Scott. Nice Day with Buddy Collette – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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