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With These Hands...

With These Hands... is a jazz album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston, featuring saxophonist Cecil Payne, which was recorded in 1956 and released on the Riverside label.

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With These Hands...
Studio album by
Released1956
RecordedMarch 14 & 21, 1956
StudiosVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length37:52
LabelsRiverside
RLP 12-214
ProducersOrrin Keepnews, Bill Grauer
Randy Weston chronology
Get Happy with the Randy Weston Trio
(1955)
With These Hands...
(1956)
Trio and Solo
(1955-56)

With These Hands... is a jazz album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston, featuring saxophonist Cecil Payne, which was recorded in 1956 and released on the Riverside label.1

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllmusicStarStarStarStar2
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStar3

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, describing it as being "one of pianist Randy Weston's lesser-known sets".2

Track listing

All compositions by Randy Weston except as indicated

  1. "The Man I Love" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:05
  2. "Serenade in Blue" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 2:56
  3. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 8:47
  4. "This Can't Be Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:02
  5. "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 4:39
  6. "Lifetime" – 4:18
  7. "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 5:16
  8. "Little Niles" – 4:54

Personnel

References

References

  1. Riverside Records discography accessed August 10, 2012
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed August 10, 2012
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1491. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.