Piano (Wynton Kelly album)

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Piano
File:Piano (Wynton Kelly album).jpg
Studio album by Wynton Kelly
Released 1958
Recorded January 31, 1958
Genre Jazz
Label Riverside
Wynton Kelly chronology
Piano Interpretations
(1951)Piano Interpretations1951
Piano
(1958)
Kelly Blue
(1959)Kelly Blue1959
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz 3/4 stars[2]

Piano, also released as Whisper Not, is an album by jazz pianist Wynton Kelly released on the Riverside label featuring performances by Kelly with Kenny Burrell, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones recorded in 1958.[3]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "Kelly became a major influence on pianists of the 1960s and 1970s and one can hear the genesis of many other players in these swinging performances".[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Wynton Kelly except as indicated
  1. "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) - 7:12
  2. "Action" - 7:12
  3. "Dark Eyes" (Traditional) - 5:59
  4. "Strong Man" (Oscar Brown, Jr.) - 5:17
  5. "Ill Wind" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 4:25
  6. "Don't Explain" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.) - 5:36
  7. "You Can't Get Away" - 6:24
  8. "Dark Eyes" [Take 2] (Traditional) - 5:19
  • Recorded in New York City on January 31, 1958

Personnel

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 26, 2010[dead link]
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  3. Wynton Kelly discography accessed February 26, 2010