Buck & Buddy

Buck & Buddy
Studio album by
Released1961
RecordedDecember 20, 1960
StudiosVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length33:59
LabelsSwingville
SV 2017
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Buck Clayton chronology
Goin' to Kansas City
(1960)
Buck & Buddy
(1961)
One for Buck
(1961)
Buddy Tate chronology
Tate-a-Tate
(1960)
Buck & Buddy
(1960)
Groovin' with Buddy Tate
(1961)

Buck & Buddy is an album by trumpeter Buck Clayton and saxophonist Buddy Tate which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Swingville label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar
The Penguin Guide to Jazz RecordingsStarStarStarHalf star

Scott Yanow of AllMusic states, "The melodic music consistently swings and practically defines "mainstream" jazz. Worth picking up".

Track listing

All compositions by Buck Clayton except where noted

  1. "High Life" – 5:25
  2. "When a Woman Loves a Man" (Bernie Hanighen, Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer) – 5:34
  3. "Thou Swell" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:14
  4. "Can't We Be Friends?" (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 4:03
  5. "Birdland Betty" – 8:01
  6. "Kansas City Nights" – 5:42

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Prestige Records Discography: Swingville Series accessed June 30, 2017
  2. ↑ Swingville Label Discography accessed June 30, 2017
  3. ↑ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Buck Clayton accessed June 30, 2017
  4. ↑ Sir Charles Thompson Discography 1960 – 1969 accessed June 30, 2017
  5. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Buck and Buddy – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  6. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.