Native Colours is the debut album by drummer Billy Drummond which was recorded in 1991 and released on the Dutch Criss Cross Jazz label the following year.[1][2][3][4]

Native Colours
Studio album by
Released1992
RecordedMarch 15, 1991
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length62:34
LabelCriss Cross Jazz
Criss 1057
ProducerPeter Leitch
Billy Drummond chronology
Native Colours
(1992)
The Gift
(1995)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [6]

In his review on Allmusic, Greg Turner stated "This is a fine debut by one of jazz's best young drummers".[5]

Track listing edit

All compositions by Renee Rosnes except where noted

  1. "8/4 Beat" (Bobby Hutcherson) – 5:49
  2. "Native Colours" – 6:11
  3. "San Francisco Holiday - Worry Later" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:14
  4. "Waltz for Sweetie" (Walter Bishop Jr.) – 10:08
  5. "One for Walton" – 4:54
  6. "Lexicon" – 6:45
  7. "Ruby, My Dear" (Monk) – 6:10
  8. "Yesterday's Gardenias" (Nelson Cogane, Sammy Mysels, Dick Robertson) – 9:57
  9. "Happy House" (Ornette Coleman) – 6:25

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ Criss Cross Jazz: album entry accessed February 28, 2019
  2. ^ Jazzdisco: Billy Drummond Catalog accessed February 28, 2019
  3. ^ Kenny Barron: discography accessed February 28, 2019
  4. ^ Renee Rosnes: Original Works, accessed February 28, 2019
  5. ^ a b Turner, Greg. Billy Drummond – Native Colours: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 407. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.