Mr. Gentle Mr. Cool Explained

Mr. Gentle Mr. Cool, subtitled A Tribute to Duke Ellington, is an album by American saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman recorded in 1994 and released on Herbie Mann's Kokopelli label.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow states "David "Fathead" Newman is in excellent form on this tasteful program of 11 Duke Ellington compositions. ... The music contains few real surprises (other than the utilization of both bass and piccolo bass) but swings nicely and has fine melodic solos".

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except where noted

1. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Ellington, Bob Russell) – 4:41
2. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) – 5:39
3. "Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool" (Ellington, Harold Baker) – 5:45
4. "Almost Cried" – 6:21
5. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Ellington, Mills, Henry Nemo, John Redmond) – 5:12
6. "Azure" (Ellington, Mills) – 5:39
7. "What Am I Here For?" (Ellington, Frankie Laine) – 4:46
8. "Happy Reunion" – 3:42
9. "Come Sunday" – 2:56
10. "Creole Love Call" – 5:43
11. "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) – 5:32

Personnel

• David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
• Jim Pugh – trombone
• David Leonhardt – piano
  • • Ron Carter – piccolo bass Peter Washington – bass Lewis Nash – drums
• Bob Freedman – arranger

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Kokopelli.htm Jazzlists: Kokopelli Records discography
2. http://www.jazzlists.com/jz/Mr_Gentle_Mr_Cool.htm Jazzlists: David Newman discography - album details
3. http://mrmanri.la.coocan.jp/DavidNewman/index.html David "Fathead" Newman Incomplete Discography
4. https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/david-fathead-newman/ Enciclopedia del Jazz; David "Fathead Newman