''Hornful of Soul'' (also released as ''Catwalk'') is an album by American trombonist

Bennie Green Bennie Green (April 16, 1923 – March 23, 1977) was an American jazz trombonist. Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, Green worked in the orchestras of Earl Hines and Charlie Ventura, and recorded as bandleader through the 1950s and ...

recorded in 1960 and released on the

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Reception

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review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars calling it "Fine music that has long been overlooked".Yanow, S.

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Track listing

:''All compositions by Bennie Green except as indicated'' # " Summertime" (

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...

, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 4:55 # "Groove One" - 5:01 # "Lowland-Ism" ( Babs Gonzales) - 6:24 # "Dibblin' and Dabblin'" (Gonzales) - 2:54 # " My Foolish Heart" (

Ned Washington Ned Washington (born Edward Michael Washington, August 15, 1901 – December 20, 1976) was an American lyricist born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Life and career Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962. He won the Bes ...

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) - 4:03 # "

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James F. Hanley James Frederick Hanley (February 17, 1892 – February 8, 1942) was an American songwriter and author. Biography Hanley was born in Rensselaer, Indiana on February 17, 1892. He attended Champion College and the Chicago Musical College. He serve ...

Ballard MacDonald Ballard MacDonald (October 15, 1882 – November 17, 1935) was an American lyricist, who was one of the writers of Tin Pan Alley. Born in Portland, Oregon, he was a charter member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ...

) - 4:34 # "Catwalk" ( Mal Waldron) - 5:37 # "Dee Dee" ( Lem Davis) - 5:24 :*Recorded in New York City in December, 1960.

Personnel

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

* Lem Davis - alto saxophone (tracks 2-4, 6 & 7) * Jimmy Forrest -

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

(tracks 1-4, 6 & 7) * Mal Waldron -

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 keybo ...

(tracks 2-4, 6 & 7) *Skip Hall - organ (tracks 1, 5 & 6) *

Wyatt Ruther Wyatt Robert "Bull" Ruther (February 5, 1923, Pittsburgh – October 31, 1999, San Francisco) was an American jazz double-bassist. Ruther played trombone in high school before picking up the double-bass. He studied at the San Francisco Conservat ...

- bass * Art Taylor - drums * Tommy Lopez - conga (tracks 1 & 6)

References

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