Israel (album)

Israel is an album by American jazz trombonists Kai Winding and J. J. Johnson featuring performances recorded in 1968 and released on the CTI label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2 stars and stated "This date is a bit commercial, with a small string section and woodwinds utilized on five of the nine numbers. Still, the beautiful tones of the co-leaders make this a worthwhile set ".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

"My Funny Valentine" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 4:23
"Israel" (John Carisi) - 5:22
"Catherine's Theme" (Francis Lai) - 5:14
"Am I Blue / Sonnyboy" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke / Ray Henderson, Bud De Sylva, Lew Brown) - 4:32
"Never My Love" (Donald Addrisi, Richard Addrisi) - 2:53
"Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week" (Jule Styne, Sammy Kahn) - 2:52
"St. James Infirmary" (Joe Primrose) - 4:04
"Django" (John Lewis) - 4:52
"Try To Remember" (Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt) - 4:11

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on February 19 (track 5 & 6), March 4 (track 2), March 12 (track 3 & 7), and April 16 (track 1, 4, 8 & 9), 1968

Personnel

J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding — trombone
Herbie Hancock - piano
Ross Tompkins - piano, harpsichord
Eric Gale, Bucky Pizzarelli - guitar
Ron Carter, Richard Davis - bass
Grady Tate - drums
Phil Bodner, George Marge, Romeo Penque - flute, oboe, clarinet
Walter Kane, Frank Schwartz - bassoon
Lewis Eley, Leo Kruczek, Charles Libove, David Nadien, Eugene Orloff, Tosha Samaroff - violin
Al Brown - viola
George Ricci - cello
Eugene Bianco - harp
Don Sebesky, J. J. Johnson, Kai Winding - arranger, conductor

References

↑ CTI Records discography accessed February 9, 2012
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 9, 2012

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