Fred Katz and His Jammers is an album by Fred Katz originally released on Decca in 1959.Edwards, D., Callahan, M., Eyries, P., Watts, R., & Neely, T. Decca Album Discography, Part 7: DL 9200 Jazz Series (1958-1968), accessed August 14, 2015Fred Katz Catalog, accessed August 14, 2015
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Allmusic gave the album 3 stars.Allmusic listing, accessed August 14, 2015
Track listing All compositions by Fred Katz except as indicated "Feeling the Blues" (Leroy Vinnegar) - 6:40 "Elegy" - 2:30 "Imagination" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 3:22 "Vintage 57" (Vinnegar, Walter Norris) - 4:24 "Old Folks" (Willard Robison, Dedette Lee Hill) 4:51 "The Blow Is to Know" - 4:31 "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) - 4:38 "Ruby, My Dear" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:57 "Dixie, Why Not?" - 4:08 "Dexterity" (Charlie Parker) - 3:32 Recorded at Decca Studios in Hollywood, CA on March 12 (tracks 1, 3 & 6), May 26 (tracks 4, 5 & 8) and August 28 (tracks 2, 7, 9 & 10), 1959
Personnel Fred Katz - cello Don Fagerquist (tracks 1, 3-6 & 8), Pete Candoli (tracks 2, 7, 9 & 10) - trumpet Gene Estes - vibraphone Johnny Pisano - guitar Leroy Vinnegar - bass Frank Butler (tracks 2, 7, 9 & 10), Billy Higgins (tracks 4, 5 & 8), Lenny McBrowne (tracks 1, 3 & 6) - drums
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