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Shorty & Doc

Shorty & Doc is an album by trumpeters Shorty Baker and Doc Cheatham recorded in 1961 and originally released on the Swingville label.

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Shorty & Doc
Studio album by
Released1961
RecordedJanuary 17, 1961
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length43:05
LabelSwingville
SVLP 2021
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Shorty Baker chronology
The Bud Freeman All-Stars featuring Shorty Baker
(1960)
Shorty & Doc
(1961)

Shorty & Doc is an album by trumpeters Shorty Baker and Doc Cheatham recorded in 1961 and originally released on the Swingville label.123

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar4
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStar5

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and the review by Scott Yanow stated "The results of this meeting are generally quite friendly rather than combative with Cheatham's Dixielandish phrasing sounding slightly old-fashioned next to Baker. They perform appealing swing-oriented material and sound fine in their many tradeoffs".4

Track listing

  1. "Chitlin's" (Esmond Edwards) – 10:55
  2. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:13
  3. "Baker's Dozen" (Shorty Baker) – 4:53
  4. "Good Queen Bess" (Johnny Hodges) – 7:38
  5. "Night Train" (Jimmy Forrest) – 6:39
  6. "Lullabye in Rhythm" (Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Clarence Profit, Walter Hirsch) – 7:35

Personnel

References

References

  1. Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Swingville Label Discography, accessed May 8, 2019
  2. Prestige Records Catalog: Swingville 2000, 4000 series, accessed May 8, 2019
  3. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Harold "Shorty" Baker, accessed May 8, 2019
  4. Yanow, Scott. Shorty Baker: Shorty & Doc – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  5. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.