''Walk Don't Run'' is an album by guitarist
Joshua Breakstone
Joshua Breakstone (born July 22, 1955) is an American jazz guitarist.
Breakstone came into contact with the music business early in life through his parents and siblings. His sister was a lighting technician at the Fillmore East theater, where ...
, featuring tunes associated with
instrumental rock
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band
The Ventures
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, that was recorded in 1991 and first released on the Japanese
King
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label before being reissued in the United States by
Evidence
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.
Joshua Breakstone Discography
Retrieved March 12, 2019
Reception
In his review on AllMusic
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, Ron Wynn states "Guitarist Joshua Breakstone covers 10 tunes originally recorded by the guitar legends, but does not rip through them or make any concession to a more rock or pop approach. Instead, he takes them as he does any composition, playing in a gentle, relaxed pace, investigating the melody, slowly interpreting and revising via his solos. Breakstone's sound and approach are reminiscent of Jim Hall's, although his voicings are not as full, and his comping and tone are his own. Breakstone and company give Ventures fans and jazz audiences something to ponder with their explorations".
Track listing
# " Lullaby of the Leaves" (Bernice Petkere
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Biography
Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, she began performing in vaudeville as a child. "St ...
, Joe Young) – 8:43
# "Telstar
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" (Joe Meek
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) – 4:17
# "Ram-Bunk-Shush" (Henry Glover
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, Lucky Millinder
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, Jimmy Mundy
James Mundy (June 28, 1907 – April 24, 1983) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, arranger, and composer, best known for his arrangements for Benny Goodman, Count Basie, and Earl Hines.
Mundy died of cancer in New York City at the age of 7 ...
) – 7:19
# " Perfidia" ( Alberto Domínguez, Milton Leeds) – 6:16
# "Walk, Don't Run Walk, Don't Run may refer to:
Music
* "Walk, Don't Run" (instrumental), written and originally recorded by Johnny Smith, 1954; covered by Chet Atkins (1956) and the Ventures (1960)
* ''Walk, Don't Run'' (The Ventures album), 1960
* ''Walk Don't ...
" (Johnny Smith
Johnny Henry Smith II (June 25, 1922 – June 11, 2013) was an American cool jazz and mainstream jazz guitarist. He wrote " Walk, Don't Run" in 1954. In 1984, Smith was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.
Early life
During the Great ...
) – 5:56
# "A Taste of Honey
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Set in Salford in North West England, it tells the story of Jo, ...
" ( Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow) – 5:00
# "Apache
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" (Jerry Lordan
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) – 6:25
# "Caravan
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" (Duke Ellington
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Born and raised in Washington, D ...
, Irving Mills
Irving Harold Mills (born Isadore Minsky; January 18, 1894 Odessa, Ukraine – April 21, 1985) was a music publisher, musician, lyricist, and jazz promoter. He often used the pseudonyms Goody Goodwin and Joe Primrose.
Personal life
Mills ...
, Juan Tizol
Juan Tizol Martínez (22 January 1900 – 23 April 1984) was a Puerto Rican jazz trombonist and composer. He is best known as a member of Duke Ellington's big band, and for writing the jazz standards " Caravan", "Pyramid", and " Perdido".
...
) – 8:21
# " Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" (Richard Rodgers
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) – 3:44
# " Blue Star" (Victor Young
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, Edward Heyman
Edward Heyman (March 14, 1907October 16, 1981) was an American lyricist and producer, best known for his lyrics to " Body and Soul", " When I Fall in Love", and " For Sentimental Reasons". He also contributed to a number of songs for films.
Bi ...
) – 4:32
Personnel
*Joshua Breakstone
Joshua Breakstone (born July 22, 1955) is an American jazz guitarist.
Breakstone came into contact with the music business early in life through his parents and siblings. His sister was a lighting technician at the Fillmore East theater, where ...
– guitar
*Kenny Barron
Kenneth Barron (born June 9, 1943) is an American jazz pianist and composer who has appeared on hundreds of recordings as leader and sideman and is considered one of the most influential mainstream jazz pianists since the bebop era.
Early life
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– piano
*Dennis Irwin
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– bass
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* Kenny Washington – drums
References
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Joshua Breakstone albums
1992 albums
King Records (Japan) albums
Evidence Music albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio