Showcase (Philly Joe Jones album)

Showcase
Showcase
Studio album by Philly Joe Jones
Released	1959
Recorded	November 17–18, 1959; New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:02
Label	Riverside; RLP 12-313
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Philly Joe Jones chronology

Showcase is the third album led by American jazz drummer Philly Joe Jones which was recorded in 1959 for the Riverside label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

The Allmusic review called it "a particularly interesting hard bop-oriented set... well-conceived, diverse, and recommended".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Philly Joe Jones except as indicated

"Battery Blues" (Julian Priester) - 4:06
"Minor Mode" (Bill Barron) - 4:26
"Gwen" - 3:57
"Joe's Debut" - 5:35
"Gone" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 4:42
"Joe's Delight" - 3:50
"Julia" (Priester) - 3:26
"I'll Never Be The Same" (Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli) - 3:58
"Interpretation" (Barron) - 4:02

Recorded in New York City on November 17 (tracks 1, 4 & 6-8) and November 18 (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 9), 1959.

Personnel

Philly Joe Jones - drums, piano (track 3)
Blue Mitchell - trumpet (tracks 1, 2 & 4-9)
Julian Priester - trombone (tracks 1, 2 & 4-9)
Bill Barron - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 2 & 4-9)
Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2 & 4-9)
Dolo Coker (tracks 1, 4 & 6-8), Sonny Clark (tracks 2, 5 & 9) - piano
Jimmy Garrison - bass (tracks 1, 2 & 4-9)

References

^ Philly Joe Jones discography accessed November 2, 2012
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 2, 2012
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 114. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 796. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] Philly Joe Jones discography accessed November 2, 2012

[Allmusic-2] Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 2, 2012

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 114. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 796. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Philly Joe Jones
Studio albums	Blues for Dracula (1958) Drums Around the World (1959) Showcase (1959) Philly Joe's Beat (1960) Together! (1961) Advance! (1978) Drum Song (1978)
Live albums	Round Midnight (1969)

v t e Sonny Clark
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not release.
As leader	Dial "S" for Sonny (1957) Sonny's Crib (1957) Sonny Clark Trio (Blue Note, 1957) Sonny Clark Quintets/My Conception (1957–59) Cool Struttin' (1958) The Art of The Trio (1958) Blues in the Night (1958) Standards (1958) Leapin' and Lopin' (1961)
As sideman	Minor Move (Tina Brooks, 1958) Blue Serge (Serge Chaloff, 1956) Lou Takes Off (Lou Donaldson, 1957) Bone & Bari (Curtis Fuller, 1957) Curtis Fuller Volume 3 (1957) Two Bones (Curtis Fuller, 1958) Go! (Dexter Gordon, 1962) A Swingin' Affair (Dexter Gordon, 1962) Soul Stirrin' (Bennie Green, 1958) The 45 Session (Bennie Green, 1958) Gooden's Corner (Grant Green, 1961) Oleo (1962) Nigeria (1962) The Complete Quartets with Sonny Clark (Grant Green, 1961–62) Born to Be Blue (Grant Green, 1962) The Congregation (Johnny Griffin, 1957) John Jenkins with Kenny Burrell (1957) Showcase (Philly Joe Jones, 1959) Cliff Craft (Clifford Jordan, 1957) Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1959) A Fickle Sonance (Jackie McLean, 1961) Vertigo (Jackie McLean, 1962) Tippin' the Scales (Jackie McLean, 1962) Poppin' (Hank Mobley, 1957) Hank Mobley (1957) Curtain Call (Hank Mobley, 1957) Candy (Lee Morgan, 1957–58) Easy Living (Ike Quebec, 1962) The Sound of Sonny (Sonny Rollins, 1957) Smithville (Louis Smith, 1957) Stan 'The Man' Turrentine (1960) Jubilee Shout!!! (Stanley Turrentine, 1962) Preach Brother! (Don Wilkerson, 1962)

v t e Blue Mitchell
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Big 6 (1958) Get Those Elephants Out'a Here (with Red and Whitey Mitchell, 1958) Out of the Blue (1959) Blue Soul (1959) Blue's Moods (1960) Smooth as the Wind (1960–61) A Sure Thing (1962) The Cup Bearers (1962) Step Lightly (1963) The Thing to Do (1964) Down with It! (1965) Bring It Home to Me (1966) Boss Horn (1966) Heads Up! (1967) Collision in Black (1968) Bantu Village (1969) Blue Mitchell/Soul Village (1971) Vital Blue (1971) Blues' Blues (1972) The Last Tango = Blues (1973) Graffiti Blues (1973) Many Shades of Blue (1974) Stratosonic Nuances (1975) Funktion Junction (1976) African Violet (1977) Mapenzi (1977) Stablemates (1977) Summer Soft (1977)
With Lou Donaldson	Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1952) The Time Is Right (1959) Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967) Midnight Creeper (1968) Say It Loud! (1968) Everything I Play Is Funky (1970) Pretty Things (1970)
With Philly Joe Jones	Together! (with Elvin Jones, 1961) Drums Around the World (1959) Showcase (1959) Advance! (1978) Drum Song (1978)
With Sam Jones	The Soul Society (1960) The Chant (1961) Down Home (1962) Something in Common (1974–77) Changes & Things (1977)
With Jimmy McGriff	The Worm (1968) Step 1 (1968) A Thing to Come By (1969) Electric Funk (1969)
With Horace Silver	Blowin' the Blues Away (1959) Finger Poppin' (1959) Horace-Scope (1960) Doin' the Thing (1961) The Tokyo Blues (1962) Silver's Serenade (1963) Song for My Father (1963–64)
With Stanley Turrentine	A Chip off the Old Block (1963) In Memory Of (1964) Rough 'n' Tumble (1966) The Spoiler (1966) A Bluish Bag (1967) The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967) The Sugar Man (1971)
With others	Portrait of Cannonball (Cannonball Adderley, 1958) Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks, 1960) Street Singer (Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean, 1960) My Kind of Jazz (Ray Charles, 1970) True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) Silver Blue (with Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) Dolo! (Dolo Coker, 1976) California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976) Junior's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1961) Filthy! (Papa John Creach, 1972) Red's Good Groove (Red Garland, 1962) Green Is Beautiful (Grant Green, 1970) Soul Mist! (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1966) Homecoming! (Elmo Hope, 1961) Montara (Bobby Hutcherson, 1975) The Soul Brotherhood (Charles Kynard, 1969) The Blue Yusef Lateef (Yusef Lateef, 1968) Rakin' and Scrapin' (Harold Mabern, 1968) Jazz Blues Fusion (John Mayall, 1971) Ten Years Are Gone (John Mayall, 1973) Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann, 1961) Can't Hide Love (Carmen McRae, 1976) Capuchin Swing (Jackie McLean, 1960) Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1960) Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967) Captain Buckles (David "Fathead" Newman, 1970) Opus De Don (Don Patterson, 1968) Oh Baby! (Big John Patton, 1965) Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960) Images (Sonny Red, 1961) Good Move! (Freddie Roach, 1963) Takin' Care of Business (Charlie Rouse, 1960) Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960) Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Sonny Stitt, 1962) Soul Time (Bobby Timmons, 1960) Steppin' Out! (Harold Vick, 1963) The Caribbean Suite (Harold Vick, 1966) Spectrum (Cedar Walton, 1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (Cedar Walton, 1969) Beyond Mobius (Cedar Walton, 1976) Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1966)