Music to Listen to Red Norvo By

by Red Norvo

Music to Listen to Red Norvo By cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1957
  • Label: Contemporary
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:29
  • Community rating: 3.32/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Surrounded by a stellar assembly of West Coast talent, the vibraphone pioneer explores highly complex, classically influenced chamber arrangements. The inclusion of unconventional woodwinds and sweeping, suite-like compositions reflects an ambitious attempt to elevate jazz into a formal concert hall context.

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Tracklist

  1. Poeme (5:56)
  2. Red Sails (3:54)
  3. The Red Broom (4:40)
  4. Rubricity (3:54)
  5. Paying The Dues Blues (4:54)
  6. Divertimento: 1st Movement (4:20)
  7. Divertimento: 2nd Movement (6:45)
  8. Divertimento: 3rd Movement (4:44)
  9. Divertimento: 4th Movement (4:19)

Credits

  • Red Norvo - primary artist, vibraphone, written-by
  • Red Mitchell - bass
  • William O. Smith - clarinet, written-by
  • Shelly Manne - drums
  • Buddy Collette - flute
  • Barney Kessel - guitar, written-by
  • Jack Montrose - written-by
  • Duane Tatro - written-by
  • Lester Koenig - producer

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