The Kid and the Brute

The Kid and the Brute
Studio album by Illinois Jacquet and Ben Webster
Released 1955
Recorded December 13, 1954
New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Clef
MGC 680
Producer Norman Granz
Illinois Jacquet chronology
Groovin' with Jacquet
(1954)		 The Kid and the Brute
(1954)		 Swings the Thing
(1955)
Ben Webster chronology
Ballads by Ben Webster
(1954)		 The Kid and the Brute
(1954)		 Ben Webster Plays Music with Feeling
(1955)

The Kid and the Brute is an album by American jazz saxophonists Illinois Jacquet and Ben Webster recorded in late 1954 and released on the Clef label.[1][2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars calling it "An excellent example of Illinois Jacquet's hard-swinging and accessible music".[4] in JazzTimes, Stanley Dance noted "The two long blues on which Ben Webster plays are by far the most exciting tracks. Opening the record on the first, he lays down a ferocious challenge, but Jacquet, who in no way appears intimidated by the huffing and puffing, replies in an alert, sparring fashion that contrasts his leaner sound effectively. Jacquet opens on the second, their subsequent exchanges having rare, toe-to-toe intensity, as befits two of the swingingest tenors there have ever been".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Illinois Jacquet except as indicated

  1. "I Wrote This for the Kid" - 11:53
  2. "Saph" (Jacquet, Johnny Acea) - 2:42
  3. "Mambocito Mio" (Jacquet, Osie Johnson) - 2:51
  4. "The Kid and the Brute" - 8:26
  5. "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) - 4:31
  6. "Jacquet's Dilemma" (Jacquet, Acea) - 3:09

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Edwards, D. & Callahan, M. Clef Label Discography, accessed November, 24, 2015
  2. ↑ Clef Records Catalog: 600 series accessed November 24, 2015
  3. ↑ Evensmoe. J., The Tenor Saxophone of Ben Webster Part 2 (1943 – 1954) accessed November 24, 2015
  4. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. The Kid and the Brute – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November, 24, 2015.
  5. ↑ Dance, S., JazzTimes Review, October 1998
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