Showcase (Philly Joe Jones album)

Showcase is the third album led by American jazz drummer Philly Joe Jones which was recorded in 1959 for the Riverside label.[1]

Showcase
Studio album by
Released1959
RecordedNovember 17–18, 1959
New York City
GenreJazz
Length38:02
LabelRiverside
RLP 12-313
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Philly Joe Jones chronology
Drums Around the World
(1959)
Showcase
(1959)
Philly Joe's Beat
(1960)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [4]

The Allmusic review called it "a particularly interesting hard bop-oriented set... well-conceived, diverse, and recommended".[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Philly Joe Jones except as indicated

  1. "Battery Blues" (Julian Priester) - 4:06
  2. "Minor Mode" (Bill Barron) - 4:26
  3. "Gwen" - 3:57
  4. "Joe's Debut" - 5:35
  5. "Gone" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 4:42
  6. "Joe's Delight" - 3:50
  7. "Julia" (Priester) - 3:26
  8. "I'll Never Be The Same" (Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli) - 3:58
  9. "Interpretation" (Barron) - 4:02
  • Recorded in New York City on November 17 (tracks 1, 4 & 6-8) and November 18 (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 9), 1959.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Philly Joe Jones discography accessed November 2, 2012
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 2, 2012
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 114. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 796. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.