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Red Rodney Returns

Red Rodney Returns is an album by trumpeter Red Rodney which was recorded in 1959 and released on the Argo label.

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Red Rodney Returns
Studio album by
Red Rodney Quintet featuring Billy Root
ReleasedMay 1959
RecordedFebruary 16 & 17, 1959
StudioReco-Art Studios, Philadelphia, PA
GenreJazz
Length45:04
LabelArgo
LP-643
ProducerDave Usher
Red Rodney chronology
Red Rodney: 1957
(1957)
Red Rodney Returns
(1959)
Bird Lives!
(1973)

Red Rodney Returns is an album by trumpeter Red Rodney which was recorded in 1959 and released on the Argo label.12

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Track listing

All compositions by Danny Kent except where noted.

  1. "Shaw 'Nuff" (Ray Brown, Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie) – 6:36
  2. "Red, Hot and Blue" – 6:05
  3. "I Remember You" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) – 6:07
  4. "5709" (Kent) – 4:23
  5. "Whirlwind" – 5:43
  6. "Jordu" (Duke Jordan) – 6:12
  7. "Shelley" – 5:30
  8. "Two by Two" (Jay Cave) – 4:28

Personnel

  • Red Rodney - trumpet
  • Billy Root – tenor saxophone
  • Danny Kent – piano
  • Jay Cave – double bass
  • Frank Young – drums
References

References

  1. Argo/Cadet discography (LP 601 to LP 699) accessed May 8, 2018
  2. Edwards. D. & Callahan, M. Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956-1965), accessed May 8, 2018
  3. Red Rodney: Red Rodney Returns – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 8, 2018.