Playing for Change (album)

This article is about the album by Jack Sheldon. For the multimedia project, see Playing for Change.
Playing for Change
Studio album by
Jack Sheldon
Released1997
RecordedMay 24 & 25, 1986
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length63:09
LabelUptown
UP 27.43
ProducerDavid A. Sunenblick, Robert E. Sunenblick MD.
Jack Sheldon chronology
Blues in the Night
(1984) 		Playing for Change
(1997) 		Hollywood Heroes
(1987)

Playing for Change, is an album by trumpeter Jack Sheldon which was recorded in 1986 and released by the Uptown label in 1997.[1][2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

On AllMusic Ken Dryden states, "Jack Sheldon is probably better known for his trumpet playing on other musicians' record dates, but this 1986 studio date more than proves he is a capable leader ... Recommended".[4] In JazzTimes, Chuck Berg wrote" Jack Sheldon-TV actor, antic vocalist and cut-up extraordinaire-also happens to be one hell of a trumpeter. Here, in a superb session from 1986, we get a telling reminder of just how compelling the Sheldon jazz persona is ... Whatever the tempo, and there are some scorchers, it’s Sheldon’s gorgeous tone and plucky melodism that impresses first, last and always. ... Throughout, the band cooks at a simmer apropos to the session’s dialogic intimacy. It’s serious fun at the mainstream summit".[6]

Track listing

  1. "Angel Eyes" (Matt Dennis, Earl Brent) – 4:39
  2. "Along Came Betty" (Benny Golson) – 5:52
  3. "Ne Quittez Pas" (Bobby Porcelli) – 5:12
  4. "You Better Go Now" (Irvin Graham, Bickley Reichner) – 3:44
  5. "The Chase" (Tadd Dameron) – 4:54
  6. "Dear Ann" (Paul Chambers) – 5:19
  7. "Wait and See" (Jack Sheldon) – 3:17
  8. "That Old Feeling" (Sammy Fain, Lew Brown) – 5:39
  9. "Follow Me" (Cecil Payne) – 4:03
  10. "Just for a Thrill" (Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye) – 4:58
  11. "Trane's Strain" (Curtis Fuller) – 4:43
  12. "No Trump" (Jerry Dodgion) – 4:58
  13. "Nancy" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Phil Silvers) – 5:51

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Jazzlists: Uptown Records Discography, accessed April 2, 2019
  2. ^ Both Sides Now: Uptown Records Discography, accessed April 2, 2019
  3. ^ Fitzgerald, M. Uptown Records Listing, accessed April 2, 2019
  4. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Jack Sheldon: Playing for Change – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1288. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Berg, C. JazzTimes Review, accessed April 2, 2019