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Down Home (Sam Jones album)

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Down Home
Studio album by
Sam Jones
Released1962
RecordedJune 25 & August 15–16, 1962
New York City
GenreJazz
Length39:26
LabelRiverside
RLP 432
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Sam Jones chronology
The Chant
(1961) 		Down Home
(1962) 		Seven Minds
(1974)

Down Home is the third album by the double bass player and cellist Sam Jones, recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.[1][2]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
DownBeat[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

Scott Yanow of AllMusic wrote: "This is excellent hard bop-based music."[4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote that Jones "improvises against the grain of the orchestra to telling effect."[5] Billboard called the album "a fine showcase for Jones."[6]

Track listing

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All compositions by Sam Jones except as indicated

  1. "Unit 7" - 4:49
  2. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 4:05
  3. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:31
  4. "O.P." - 5:07
  5. "Thumbstring" (Ray Brown) - 4:31
  6. "Down Home" - 4:08
  7. "Strollin'" (Horace Silver) - 4:12
  8. "Falling in Love With Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 7:03

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Riverside Records discography. Retrieved September 17, 2012
  2. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 696.
  3. ^ Down Beat, March 28, 1963 vol. 30, no. 8
  4. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic review.Retrieved September 17, 2012
  5. ^ a b The Penguin Guide To Jazz Recordings (Ninth ed.). Penguin Books. 2008. pp. 798–799.
  6. ^ "Jazz LP'S". Billboard: 26. December 8, 1962.
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