''Jenna'' is an album by

Gerald Wilson Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. In addition to being a ...

's Orchestra of the recorded in 1989 and released on the

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Reception

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rated the album with 4½ stars; in his review, Scott Yanow noted: "This CD is an excellent all-round showcase for both Gerald Wilson's arrangements and his superior big band".

Track listing

All compositions by Gerald Wilson except where noted. # " Love for Sale" ( Cole Porter) - 4:13 # "Jenna" - 9:46 # "Carlos" - 5:19 # "Back to the Roots" - 5:01 # "The Wailer" - 4:28 # "Blues for Yna Yna" - 6:53 # "B-Bop & the Song" - 5:19 # "Couldn't Love, Couldn't Cry" - 2:34 # "Yarddog Mazurka" - 3:14 # "48 Years Later" - 3:20 # "Lunceford Special" (

Jimmie Lunceford James Melvin Lunceford (June 6, 1902 – July 12, 1947) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader in the swing era. Early life Lunceford was born on a farm in the Evergreen community, west of the Tombigbee River, near Fulton, Mi ...

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" ( Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Sid Robin) - 3:23

Personnel

- arranger, conductor *Rick Baptist, Ronald Barrows, Oscar Brashear, Robert Clark,

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* Luis Bonilla, Thurman Green, Charles Loper -

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 ...

*Maurice Spears - bass trombone *Daniel House, Carl Randall, John Stephens, Louis Taylor Jr. -

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s *Randall Willis - baritone saxophone, alto saxophone *

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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 ...

* Anthony Wilson -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

*Stanley Gilbert - bass *Mel Lee - drums

References

{{Authority control Gerald Wilson albums 1989 albums Albums arranged by Gerald Wilson Albums conducted by Gerald Wilson