Taylor's Tenors
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| Taylor's Tenors | ||||
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| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | June 3, 1959 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:17 | |||
| Label | New Jazz NJ 8219 | |||
| Producer | Bob Weinstock | |||
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Taylor's Tenors is the second studio album by drummer Art Taylor. It was recorded and released in 1959 for Prestige sub-label New Jazz, as NJ 8219. The album was reissued on CD once in 1995.[1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| MusicHound Jazz | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide | [5] |
In a review for AllMusic, Al Campbell noted that although Taylor "played on a multitude of classic jazz sessions," he "only managed to release a few dates as a leader." He described the album as "an insightful yet swinging hard bop conversation."[2]
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called the album a "cracker," and wrote: "Rouse didn't often have to play in two-tenor situations, but he acquits himself with honour against Foster, who moves like a particularly dangerous big cat through Taylor's flashing rhythms... Forty minutes or so of this sort of thing is enough; and this is just right."[4]
Chris Hovan of MusicHound Jazz stated: "Taylor's Tenors is essentially a blowing session, but what a fine one it is! Charlie Rouse and Frank Foster make a killer tenor pair, and pianist Walter Davis is no slouch either."[3]
A writer for Billboard called the album "a happy session," and noted that the tenor players "have a good blowing time." They commented: "All of the tunes are originals, and they move."[6]
