Mercury Records Collection: MGE-26003: Rhythm Crazy

MGE-26003: Rhythm Crazy / Jimmy Cleveland

Label Type :	brown EmArcy type E
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG 26003-A-E 1 I RR
	SIDE-B	MG 26003-B-E 1 A I RR

Comments

Equivalent release: EmArcy SRE-66003 (stereo).

Although this disc is mid-1960s pressing, it actually sounds very nice.

Inside The Groove

Jimmy Cleveland's fourth leader album, which was originally intended as EmArcy MG-36160 (which was unreleased).

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Jimmy Cleveland recorded this album in 1959, which was originally intetended as EmArcy MG-36160. However, it was unreleased at that time and renumbered as Mercury MG-20450 / SR-60135, which were again unreleased by unknown reason. In 1965, the materials finally appeared on this album EmArcy MGE-26003 / SRE-66003.

Benny Golson, Jerome Richardson, Art Farmer were Jimmy's pals in other EmArcy/Mercury sessions. On this straightahead jazz session, they plays very spontaneously and so boppish. Jimmy's trombone is so technical and marvellous as always.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

8 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	18131 (JB457)	Crazy Rhythm (Meyer - Kahn - Caesar)	3:55
A-2	18184 (JB460)	Old Reliable (O. Pettiford)	4:16
A-3	18183 (JB459)	We Never Kissed (M. Liston)	3:46
A-4	18136 (JB462)	Tom-Kattin' (L. Thompson)	3:33
SIDE-B
B-1	18130 (JB456)	Our Delight (T. Dameron)	4:30
B-2	18132 (JB458)	Reminiscing (G. Gryce)	3:02
B-3	18135 (JB461)	Tricrotism (O. Pettiford)	7:59

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

Art Farmer (tp), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Benny Golson (ts, arr), Jerome Richardson (ts, bs, fl),
Hank Jones (p), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (ds).
Recorded in New York City, February 1959.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Jimmy Cleveland (tb) :

EmArcy MG-36066 : Introducing Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars
EmArcy MG-36126 : Cleveland Style
Mercury MG-20442 / SR-60117 : A Map Of Jimmy Cleveland
Mercury MG-20553 / SR-60121 : Cleveland Style (reissue of MG-36126)
EmArcy MGE-26003 / SRE-66003 : Rhythm Crazy

EmArcy MG-36007 : Clark Terry
EmArcy MG-36011 : For Those In Love / Dinah Washington
EmArcy MG-36043 : Julian “Cannonball” Adderley
EmArcy MG-36077 : In The Land Of Hi-Fi / Julian “Cannonball” Adderley
EmArcy MG-36078 : Dream Of You / Helen Merrill
EmArcy MG-36083 : Jazz Abroad / Roy Haynes & Quincy Jones
EmArcy MG-36085 : The Young Ones Of Jazz / Various Artists
EmArcy MG-36104 : The Swingin' Miss D / Dinah Washington
EmArcy MG-36114 : Boy With Lots Of Brass / Maynard Ferguson
EmArcy MG-36142 / SR-80008 : Cat On A Hot Tin Horn / Cat Anderson Orchestra
Mercury MG-20242 : Somebody Up There Digs Me / Louis Jordan
Mercury MG-20444 / SR-60129 : The Birth Of A Band! / Quincy Jones
Mercury MG-20492 / SR-60171 : The Fascinating Ernestine / Ernestine Anderson
Mercury MG-20556 / SR-60124 : Boy With Lots Of Brass / Maynard Ferguson (reissue of MG-36114)
Mercury MG-20561 / SR-60221 : The Great Wide World Of Quincy Jones
Mercury MG-20654 / SR-60654 : The Original Jazz Score Of Kwamina / Billy Taylor
Mercury MG-20661 / SR-60661 : Tears And Laughters / Dinah Washington
Mercury MG-20728 / SR-60728 : I Wanna Be Loved / Dinah Washington
Mercury MG-20835 / SR-60835 : Shirley Horn With Horn / Shirley Horn
Philips PHM 200-186 / PHS 600-186 : The Most Unusual Joan Toliver