Draft:Notes To and From My Friends

Notes To and From My Friends
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 7, 2007
GenreJazz
Length64:47
LabelOrigin Records
ProducerTony Monaco

Notes To and From My Friends is an album by organist Bobby Floyd.

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Get on Board"Bobby Floyd7:12
2."Yesterdays"Otto Harbach7:24
3."Your Basic Gospel Song"Hank Marr7:12
4."The Nearness of You"Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington5:28
5."Hip Cake Walk"Don Patterson8:09
6."Theme from the Odd Couple"Neal Hefti7:56
7."Primera Luz"Joaquin Chacon Sanchez9:44
8."Hank's Idea"Marr, Gene Redd, William "Allen" Holloway5:17
9."Donald Duck"Patterson6:25

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [1]

Scott Yanow, writing for AllMusic, praised the album, saying that "On the basis of this CD alone, Bobby Floyd deserves to be ranked among today's finest jazz organists, hinting at his predecessors but playing hard bop with his own sound and approach".[1] Fritz the Nite Owl, reviewing in the Short North Gazette stated that "If swingin’, timeless, feel-good jazz lights your fires, gets your fingers snappin’, and toes tappin’, this is the CD for you."[2]

Personnel edit

  • Bobby Floyd – piano[3]
  • Derek DiCenzo – guitar
  • Reggie Jackson – drums
  • Jeanette Williams Brewer – vocals (track 4)
  • Bryan Olsheski – saxophone (track 3)
  • Gene Walker – saxophone (track 5)
  • Joaquin Chacon Sancehz – guitar (track 7)
  • Noah Shaye – drums (track 7)

References edit

  1. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "Bobby Floyd - Notes to and from My Friends Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  2. ^ Peerenboom, Frederick C. (October 2007). "Frederick C. Peerenboom". Short North Gazette.
  3. ^ Notes To and From My Friends (liner notes). Chicken Coop Records. CCP 7008.