A Tribute to Stuff Smith

A Tribute to Stuff Smith
Studio album by Billy Bang
Released 1992
Recorded September 20, 21 & 22, 1992
Genre Jazz
Length 42:45
Label Soul Note
Producer Flavio Bonandrini
Billy Bang chronology
Valve No. 10
(1988)
A Tribute to Stuff Smith
(1992)
Spirits Gathering
(1996)

A Tribute to Stuff Smith is an album by the American jazz violinist Billy Bang recorded in 1992 featuring Sun Ra, John Ore and Andrew Cyrille and released on the Italian Soul Note label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "Ra was a bit hemmed in by the concept, and his conception of time was different than Bang's, so there is a certain amount of tension in the music. Also, Billy Bang has a much rougher sound and a freer style than Stuff Smith, but the end results are well worth hearing".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

  1. "Only Time Will Tell" (Stuff Smith) - 5:33
  2. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn) - 8:01
  3. "Deep Purple" (Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish) - 6:24
  4. "Bugle Blues" (Smith) - 2:52
  5. "A Foggy Day" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:58
  6. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) - 5:18
  7. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) - 6:27
  8. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 4:12

Personnel

References

  1. Soul Note discography accessed July 12, 2011
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 12, 2011
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