Jazz of Two Cities, is an album by saxophonist Warne Marsh recorded in 1956 and originally released on the Imperial label.[1][2][3] The album was later released in stereo as The Winds of Marsh which featured different takes of four of the numbers.
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| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | October 3 & 11, 1956 | |||
| Studio | Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Imperial LP 9027 | |||
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Reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [5] |
The Allmusic review noted "This is some very fine music by a band with an exceptionally rich collective imagination. It is clear that, in the hands of this combo, every theme is treated like a question with an absolutely limitless amount of harmonic and melodic answers".[4]
Track listing edit
- "Smog Eyes" (Ted Brown) – 3:30
- "Ear Conditioning" (Ronnie Ball) – 5:13
- "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 4:27
- "Quintessence" (Ball) – 2:13
- "Jazz of Two Cities" (Brown) – 4:38
- "Dixie's Dilemma" (Warne Marsh) – 4:20
- "Tschaikovsky's Opus #42, Mt. 3" (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) – 3:59
- "I Never Knew" (Ted Fio Rito, Gus Kahn) – 5:10
Personnel edit
- Warne Marsh. Ted Brown – tenor saxophone
- Ronnie Ball – piano
- Ben Tucker – bass
- Jeff Morton – drums
References edit
- ^ Edwards, D. & Chapman, M. Imperial Album Discography, Part 2 (1956–1958): LPs 9001-9050 accessed May 12, 2017
- ^ Godwin, M. Discography of Warne Marion Marsh accessed May 12, 2017
- ^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Warne Marsh accessed May 12, 2017
- ^ a b Burke, Brandon. Jazz of Two Cities – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 953. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.