How About Uke

by Lyle Ritz

How About Uke cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1957
  • Label: Verve
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:37
  • Community rating: 3.3/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Elevating a traditionally novelty instrument into a sophisticated jazz context, the bassist-turned-ukelelist executes complex bop voicings with remarkable agility. Backed by a sparse, swinging rhythm section, the unusual timbral experiment yields a light, impeccably swinging set of standards.

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Tracklist

  1. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (3:15)
  2. Have You Met Miss Jones? (3:02)
  3. Little Girl Blue (2:51)
  4. Solamente Una Vez (You Belong To My Heart) (2:50)
  5. Moonlight In Vermont (3:44)
  6. Ritz Cracker (2:12)
  7. Lulu's Back In Town (3:23)
  8. Playmates (2:32)
  9. I'm Beginning To See The Light (2:53)
  10. How About You (2:49)
  11. Sunday (2:08)
  12. Tangerine (3:23)
  13. Sweet Joan (2:29)

Credits

  • Lyle Ritz - primary artist, ukulele, written-by
  • Red Mitchell - bass
  • Gene Estes - drums
  • Don Shelton - flute
  • Bob Russell - written-by
  • Duke Ellington - written-by
  • Rodgers & Hart - written-by
  • Agustin Lara - written-by

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