Star Bright (Dizzy Reece album)

Star Bright
Studio album by Dizzy Reece
Released 1959
Recorded November 19, 1959
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length 39:31
Label Blue Note
BST 84023
Producer Alfred Lion
Dizzy Reece chronology
Blues in Trinity
(1958)		 Star Bright
(1959)		 Comin' On!
(1960)

Star Bright is an album by Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece, featuring performances recorded in 1959 shortly after his move to New York City and released on the Blue Note label.[1] So far, it has been released on CD only in Japan.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Reece except as indicated
  1. "The Rake" - 6:06
  2. "I'll Close My Eyes" (Kaye, Reid) - 5:57
  3. "Groovesville" - 8:08
  4. "The Rebound" - 6:48
  5. "I Wished on the Moon" (Dorothy Parker, Ralph Rainger) - 6:51
  6. "A Variation on Monk" - 5:41

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Blue Note discography accessed September 28, 2010
  2. ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed September 28, 2010