2 Feet in the Gutter

2 Feet in the Gutter
Studio album by The Dave Bailey Quintet
Released 1961
Recorded October 6, 1961
Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length 36:45
Label Epic LA 16021
Producer Mike Berniker
Dave Bailey chronology
Bash!
(1961)
2 Feet in the Gutter
(1961)

2 Feet in the Gutter is the final album led by jazz drummer Dave Bailey which was originally released on the Epic label in 1961.[1] The album is notable for featuring the first recording of "Comin' Home Baby" which became a top 40 hit for Mel Torme.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

AllMusic gave the album a 4–star rating, stating, "While this record is just a notch beneath Dave Bailey's earlier dates for Epic -- One Foot in the Gutter and Gettin' Into Somethin' -- it is definitely worth picking up".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Comin' Home Baby" (Ben Tucker) - 5:39
  2. "Two Feet in the Gutter" (Rudy Stevenson) - 7:59
  3. "Shiny Stockings" (Frank Foster) - 7:54
  4. "Lady Iris B" (Stevenson) - 6:08
  5. "Coffee Walk" (Tucker) - 9:05

Personnel

References

  1. Dave Bailey discography, accessed November 4, 2014
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 718. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
  3. 1 2 Dryden, K., Allmusic Review, accessed November 4, 2014
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