Jumpin' at the Woodside, subtitled A Buck Clayton Jam Session, is an album by trumpeter Buck Clayton which was recorded between 1953 and 1956 and released on the Columbia label.Edwards, D., Callahan, M., Watts, R. and Eyries, P. Columbia Main Series, Part 3: CL 700–799 (1955). Retrieved June 28, 2017Enciclopedia del Jazz: Buck Clayton accessed June 30, 2017 It is among the five jam session albums released by Clayton (and produced by George Avakian at Columbia Studios) between 1954 and 1956 that Dennis Davis of Hi-Fi+ magazine as Clayton's "greatest recorded legacy".
Reception
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "The music is taken from three different sessions, with this version of "Jumpin' at the Woodside" splicing together the best of two completely different performances. The lineup of top players gives one a good idea as to the high quality of the music".
Track listing "Rock-a-Bye Basie" (Count Basie, Lester Young, Shad Collins) – 8:10 "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Basie) – 10:40 "Blue and Sentimental" (Basie, Jerry Livingston, Mack David) – 6:30 "Broadway" (Billy Byrd, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) – 9:25 Recorded in NYC on March 31, 1954 (track 2), August 13, 1954 (tracks 2 & 3) and March 15, 1955 (tracks 1 & 4)
Personnel Buck Clayton – trumpet Joe Newman (tracks 2 & 3), Joe Thomas (track 2) – trumpet Ruby Braff – cornet (tracks 1 & 4) Bennie Green (tracks 1 & 4), Urbie Green (tracks 2 & 3), Dicky Harris (tracks 1 & 4), Trummy Young (track 2) – trombone Woody Herman – clarinet (track 2) Lem Davis – alto saxophone (tracks 2 & 3) Al Cohn (track 2), Julian Dash (track 2), Coleman Hawkins (tracks 1–4), Buddy Tate (tracks 1 & 4) – tenor saxophone Charles Fowlkes – baritone saxophone (tracks 2 & 3) Jimmy Jones (track 2), Billy Kyle (tracks 2 & 3) – piano, celeste Al Waslohn – piano (tracks 1 & 4) Steve Jordan (tracks 1, 2 & 4), Freddie Green (tracks 2 & 3) – guitar Milt Hinton (tracks 1–4), Walter Page (track 2) – bass Jo Jones – drums Jack Ackerman – tap dancing (track 1)
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