Five O'Clock Bells

Five O'Clock Bells
Studio album by Lenny Breau
Released	1979
Recorded	October–November 1977, January 1978
Studios	Blank Tape Recording Studio, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:26
Label	Adelphi
Producers	Dan Doyle Gene Rosenthal
Lenny Breau chronology
Minors Aloud (1978) Five O'Clock Bells (1979) Lenny Breau (1979)

Five O'Clock Bells is a studio album by Canadian jazz guitarist Lenny Breau that was released in 1979.

History

After signing a three-album deal with Gene Rosenthal for Adelphi Records, Breau recorded enough material for this over a few months in 1977. Rosenthal produced the first sessions which would become Five O'Clock Bells. Subsequent releases from these sessions were Mo' Breau and Last Sessions.

Originally released on LP in 1979, it was reissued in 1987 on the Genes label and again reissued along with Mo' Breau.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
DownBeat

In his review for Allmusic, music critic Michael G. Nastos wrote "Guitar students, this is your homework — find this album."

DownBeat assigned the album 4 stars. Reviewer Douglas Clark wrote, "This is an unusual album. Maybe it’s eccentric, and its certainly idiosyncratic, but it’s worth hearing for Breau’s homespun approach and techniques".

Track listing

1. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini) – 4:37
2. "Toronto" (Lenny Breau) – 5:46
3. "Amy (For Cinde)" (Breau) – 2:26
4. "Other Places, Other Times" (Breau) – 4:22
5. "Five O'Clock Bells" (Breau) – 3:15
6. "Little Blues" (Breau) – 3:44
7. "My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers) – 6:12
8. "Visions" (McCoy Tyner) – 6:08

Personnel

• Lenny Breau – guitar, vocals on "Five O'Clock Bells"

References

External links

• lennybreau.com discography entry Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine