King Size!
1959 studio album by André Previn's Trio Jazz
King Size! | ||||
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Studio album by André Previn's Trio Jazz | ||||
Released | 1959 | |||
Recorded | November 26, 1958 | |||
Studio | Contemporary Records Studio in Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 45:38 | |||
Label | Contemporary C3570/S7570 | |||
Producer | Lester Koenig | |||
André Previn chronology | ||||
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King Size! is a jazz album by pianist and composer André Previn recorded in 1958 and released on the Contemporary label.[1]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states "This fine release gives one an excellent example of Previn's skills as a jazz pianist".[2] On All About Jazz Dave Rickerts states "King Size is one of the few Previn albums not based around a musical or composer and thus lacks a little bit in focus. ...it takes confident and hardy souls to stretch tracks out to the nine minute mark in a trio setting as they do... Pleasant enough, but not as arresting as Previn's other work".[3]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Track listing
All compositions by André Previn, except as indicated
- "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 6:24
- "Much Too Late" - 9:26
- "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Cole Porter) - 6:59
- "It Could Happen to You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 5:52
- "Low and Inside" - 8:57
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) - 8:00
Personnel
- André Previn's Trio Jazz
- André Previn - piano
- Red Mitchell - bass
- Frankie Capp - drums
References
- ^ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 18, 2015
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. King Size! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
- ^ Rickert, D., All About Jazz Review, November 23, 2011
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1180. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- Collaboration (with Shorty Rogers, 1954)
- Double Play! (with Russ Freeman, 1957)
- Pal Joey (1957)
- Gigi (1958)
- André Previn Plays Songs by Vernon Duke (1958)
- King Size! (1958)
- André Previn Plays Songs by Jerome Kern (1959)
- West Side Story (1959)
- Like Previn! (1960)
- André Previn Plays Songs by Harold Arlen (1960)
- Duet (with Doris Day, 1961)
- André Previn and J. J. Johnson (with J. J. Johnson, 1961)
- All Alone (1967)
- A Different Kind of Blues (with Itzhak Perlman, 1980)
- Nice Work If You Can Get It (with Ella Fitzgerald, 1983)
- After Hours (1989)
- Uptown (1990)
- Old Friends (1991)
- What Headphones? (1993)
- Sure Thing: The Jerome Kern Songbook (with Sylvia McNair, 1993)
- Come Rain or Shine: The Harold Arlen Songbook (with Sylvia McNair, 1995)
- Jazz at the Musikverein (1995)
- André Previn and Friends Play Show Boat (1996)
- Ballads: Solo Jazz Standards (1996)
- We Got Rhythm: A Gershwin Songbook (1997)
- We Got It Good and That Ain't Bad: An Ellington Songbook (1999)
- Live at the Jazz Standard (2000)
- Alone: Ballads for Solo Piano (2007)