''Peas 'n' Rice'' is the fourth album by American jazz vibraphonist

Freddie McCoy Freddie McCoy (November 29, 1932 – September 27, 2009) was an American soul jazz vibraphonist. McCoy started out with Johnny "Hammond" Smith in 1961, and released seven albums for Prestige Records plus one in 1971 for the short-lived Cobbleston ...

which was recorded in 1967 (with one track from a session in 1965) for the

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Reception

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Track listing

All compositions by Freddie McCoy except where noted. # "Peas 'n' Rice" – 4:00 # " Summer in the City" (

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) – 2:45 # "Huh!" – 4:05 # "

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, David White,

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) – 4:15 # "One Cylinder" – 3:07 # " Call Me" (

Tony Hatch Anthony Peter Hatch (born 30 June 1939) is an English composer for musical theatre and television. He is also a songwriter, pianist, arranger and producer. Early life and early career Hatch was born in Pinner, Middlesex. Encouraged by his mus ...

) – 3:30 # "Lightning Strikes" – 2:30 # " My Funny Valentine" ( Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 6:00 # " You Stepped Out of a Dream" (

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) – 4:00 *Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on October 6, 1965 (track 9), April 10, 1967 (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7) and May 4, 1967 (tracks 1, 4 & 8)

Personnel

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vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist ...

*Wilbur "Dud" Buscomb, Edward David Williams –

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

(tracks 2, 3 & 5-7) *

JoAnne Brackeen Joanne Brackeen (born Joanne Grogan; July 26, 1938) is an American jazz pianist and music educator. Music career Brackeen was born in Ventura, California, United States, and attended the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. She was a fan of pop pi ...

(tracks 1-8), Charles L. Wilson (track 9) –

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 ...

*Wally Richardson –

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 ...

(tracks 2, 3 & 5-7) *

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– bass (track 9) *Eustis Guillemet –

electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

, bass (tracks 1-8) *Rudy Lawless (track 9), Ray Lucas (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7), Kalil Madi (tracks 1, 4 & 8) – drums *Dave Blume – arranger, conductor (tracks 2, 3 & 5-7)

References

{{Authority control 1967 albums Freddie McCoy albums Prestige Records albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio Albums produced by Cal Lampley