Blues and Other Shades of Green (1955)

About this title: Blues and Other Shades of Green casts Urbie Green in a rare small-group setting, assembling a stellar quintet including guitarist Jimmy Raney, bassist Percy Heath, pianist Dave McKenna and drummer Kenny Clarke for a crisp, coolly efficient session that leaves just enough wiggle room to allow all of the individual contributors their moment in the spotlight. Green wields both the slide and the valve trombone here, and the simplicity of the arrangements affords his lovely, direct tone the perfect platform to shine--as its title suggests, much of Blues and Other Shades of Green boasts a ... read more

Tracks:

1. Reminiscent Blues [Green]
2. Thou Swell [Rodgers/Hart]
3. You Are Too Beautiful [Rodgers/Hart]
4. Paradise [Brown/Clifford]
5. Frankie and Johnny [Traditional]
6. One for Dee [Green]
7. Am I Blue? [Akst/Clarke]
8. Dirty Dan [Green]
9. It's Too Late Now [Lane/Lerner]
10. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You [Bassman/Washington]
11. Lulu's Back in Town [Warren/Dubin]
12. Blue Jeans [Burke]
13. Old Time Modern [Green]
14. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) [Ellington]
15. Lullaby of Birdland [Shearing/Weiss]
16. Med's Tune [Flory]
17. Warm Valley [Ellington]
18. Limehouse Blues [Furber/Braham]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.