''Cello Again'' is an album by bassist and cellist Sam Jones which was recorded in 1976 and released on the Xanadu label.Xanadu Records discography
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Recording and music

The album was recorded on January 5, 1976. The music consists of standards, one composition by

Billy Higgins Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001) was an American jazz drummer. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop. Biography Higgins was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. Higgins played on Ornette Coleman's first records, be ...

, and two by Jones, including "In Walked Ray", from his 1961 album '' The Chant''.

Reception

Scott Yanow of

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states, "Bassist Sam Jones, who had not recorded on cello in 14 years at the time of this session, sticks exclusively to that instrument throughout this enjoyable, boppish set".Yanow, S.
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Track listing

''All compositions by Sam Jones except as indicated'' # "In Walked Ray" - 4:48 # " Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill,

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) - 5:19 # "Scorpio" - 5:48 # " Easy to Love" (

Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway and in film. Born to ...

) - 5:29 # "Midnight Waltz" (

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) - 5:34 # "Angel in the Night" (Billy Higgins) - 7:19 # "

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" (

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) - 4:53

Personnel

* Sam Jones -

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

* Charles McPherson -

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

Barry Harris Barry Doyle Harris (December 15, 1929 – December 8, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. He was an exponent of the bebop style. Life and career Harris was born in Detroit, Michigan, on December ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

* David Williams - bass *

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

{{Authority control Sam Jones (musician) albums 1975 albums Xanadu Records albums Albums produced by Don Schlitten