Trigger Happy! is the sole album led by American jazz double bassist Trigger Alpert which was recorded in 1956 for the Riverside label.[2] The album was also issued under Zoot Sims Al Cohn and Tony Scott's names as East Coast Sounds.
| Trigger Happy! | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1956 |
| Recorded | October 29 and November 23 & 30, 1956 |
| Studio | Reeves Sound Studios, New York City |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 33:08 |
| Label | Riverside RLP 12-225 |
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews |
| East Coast Sounds Cover | |
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Reception
editAllmusic awarded the East Coast Sounds album 4 stars with Ken Dryden stating "Zoot Sims and Al Cohn made many records together in small-group settings, but this isn't one of their better-known dates, though it is a rewarding one... Recommended".[1] The British Gramophone magazine's review from 1958 called it "a session that presents first-class soloists within settings that are witty as well as intelligent. The mood is gay rather than profound, the approach formal and not at all intense".[3]
Track listing
edit- "Treat Me Rough" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:50
- "Looking at You" (Cole Porter) - 4:20
- "Love Me Tomorrow (But Leave Me Alone Today)" (Vernon Duke, John La Touche) - 4:51
- "Trigger Happy" (Tony Scott) - 2:28
- "Tranquilizer" (Dick Hyman) - 4:28
- "I Like the Likes of You" (Duke, Yip Harburg) - 4:08
- "I Wish I Were in Love Again" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 3:35
- "I Don't Want to Be Alone Again" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmie Smith) - 3:28
- "Trigger Fantasy"(Trigger Alpert) - 5:24
- "Where's That Rainbow?" (Hart, Rodgers) - 3:35
- Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City October 29, 1956 (tracks 1-3), November 23, 1956 (tracks 4-6) and November 30, 1956 (tracks 7-10)
Personnel
edit- Trigger Alpert - bass
- Joe Wilder - trumpet
- Urbie Green - trombone
- Tony Scott - clarinet, tenor saxophone, arranger
- Zoot Sims - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
- Al Cohn - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Ed Shaughnessy - drums
- Dick Hyman, Marty Paich - arranger
References
edit- ^ a b Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed August 27, 2012
- ^ Riverside Records discography accessed August 27, 2012
- ^ Fox, C. Jazz and Swing Reviews, Gramophone, January, 1958