Leroy Walks!

Leroy Walks!
Studio album by Leroy Vinnegar
Released 1958
Recorded July 15 and September 6 & 23, 1957
Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Length 41:06
Label Contemporary C3542/S7542
Producer Lester Koenig
Leroy Vinnegar chronology
Leroy Walks!
(1958)
Leroy Walks Again!!!
(1963)

Leroy Walks! is the debut album by American jazz bassist Leroy Vinnegar recorded in 1957 and released on the Contemporary label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow called it "A fine, straight-ahead session".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Track listing

  1. "Walk On" (Leroy Vinnegar) - 8:23
  2. "Would You Like to Take a Walk?" (Mort Dixon, Billy Rose, Harry Warren) - 6:52
  3. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 5:37
  4. "Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) - 6:24
  5. "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 4:47
  6. "I'll Walk Alone" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 3:30
  7. "Walking by the River" (Una Mae Carlisle, Robert Sour) - 5:33

Personnel

References

  1. Contemporary Records discography, accessed May 7, 2015
  2. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Leroy Walks! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 200. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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