Down Home (Sam Jones album) explained

Down Home is the third album by the double bass player and cellist Sam Jones, recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.^[1]

Reception

Scott Yanow of AllMusic wrote: "This is excellent hard bop-based music."^[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote that Jones "improvises against the grain of the orchestra to telling effect." Billboard called the album "a fine showcase for Jones."^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Sam Jones except as indicated

1. "Unit 7" - 4:49
2. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 4:05
3. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:31
4. "O.P." - 5:07
5. "Thumbstring" (Ray Brown) - 4:31
6. "Down Home" - 4:08
7. "Strollin'" (Horace Silver) - 4:12
8. "Falling in Love With Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 7:03

Personnel

• Sam Jones - double bass (tracks 1 & 5), cello (tracks 2-4 & 6–8)
• Les Spann - flute (tracks 3, 4 & 8)
  • Snooky Young (tracks 1 & 5), Blue Mitchell (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7), Clark Terry (tracks 2 & 7) - trumpet Jimmy Cleveland - trombone (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
• Frank Strozier - flute (track 6), alto saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
• Jimmy Heath - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
• Pat Patrick - baritone saxophone, flute (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
• Ernie Wilkins - arranger (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 7)
  • Wynton Kelly (tracks 2 & 7), Joe Zawinul (tracks 1, 3-6 & 8) - piano Ron Carter (tracks 2, 6 & 7), Israel Crosby (tracks 3, 4 & 8) - double bass
• Vernel Fournier (tracks 3, 4 & 8), Ben Riley (tracks 1, 2 & 5–7) - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-400-series/#rlp-432 Riverside Records discography
2. Yanow, S. AllMusic review.Retrieved September 17, 2012
3. Jazz LP'S . Billboard . December 8, 1962 . 26.