Snap Your Fingers (album)

Snap Your Fingers
Snap Your Fingers
Studio album / Live album by Al Grey featuring Billy Mitchell
Released	1962
Recorded	January 31 and February 19, 1962
Venue	Birdland, NYC
Studio	Ter-Mar Studios, Chicago, IL
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:28
Label	Argo ; LP-700
Producer	Ralph Bass
Al Grey chronology
Billy Mitchell chronology

Snap Your Fingers is an album by trombonist Al Grey released in 1962 on Argo Records featuring studio and live recordings.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[7]

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated "Trombonist Al Grey is joined by emerging young tenor saxophonist Billy Mitchell on this pair of 1962 sessions ... There's not a bad track on this".^[6]

Track listing[edit]

"Nothing But the Truth" (Billy Bowen) – 3:20
"Three-Fourth Blues" (Gene Kee) – 5:23
"Just Waiting" (Melba Liston) – 2:57
"R. B. Q." (Kee) – 4:58
"Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) – 4:19
"Minor on Top" (Thad Jones) – 6:50
"African Lady" (Randy Weston) – 4:29
"Hi-Fly" (Weston) – 9:22

Recorded at Birdland, NYC on January 31, 1962 (tracks 6–8) and Ter-Mar Studios, Chicago, IL on February 19, 1962 (tracks 1–5)

Personnel[edit]

Al Grey – trombone
Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
David Burns (tracks 1–5), Donald Byrd (tracks 6–8) – trumpet
Bobby Hutcherson – vibraphone
Herbie Hancock (tracks 6–8), Floyd Morris (tracks 1–5) – piano
Herman Wright – bass
Eddie Williams – drums

References[edit]

^ Edwards, D. and Callahan, M. Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956–1965) accessed April 24, 2017
^ Fitzgerald, M. Argo/Cadet Records Listing accessed April 24, 2017
^ Jazzlists: Argo/Cadet discography (LP 701 to LP 799) accessed April 24, 2017
^ Mortensen, S. The Complete Bobby Hutcherson Discography accessed April 24, 2017
^ Bobby Hutcherson Discography – as a sideman: Snap Your Fingers accessed April 24, 2017
^ ^a ^b Dryden, Ken. ''Snap Your Fingers – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 605. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] Edwards, D. and Callahan, M. Argo Album Discography, Part 1: Jazz Series (1956–1965) accessed April 24, 2017

[2] Fitzgerald, M. Argo/Cadet Records Listing accessed April 24, 2017

[3] Jazzlists: Argo/Cadet discography (LP 701 to LP 799) accessed April 24, 2017

[4] Mortensen, S. The Complete Bobby Hutcherson Discography accessed April 24, 2017

[5] Bobby Hutcherson Discography – as a sideman: Snap Your Fingers accessed April 24, 2017

[Allmusic-6] Dryden, Ken. ''Snap Your Fingers – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 24, 2017.

[Penguin-7] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 605. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Al Grey
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Dizzy Atmosphere (with Billy Mitchell, Lee Morgan, Charlie Persip, Paul West, Billy Root, and Wynton Kelly, 1957) The Last of the Big Plungers (1959) The Thinking Man's Trombone (1960) Snap Your Fingers (1962) Night Song (with Billy Mitchell, 1962) Having a Ball (1963) Boss Bone (1963) Shades of Grey (1965) Grey's Mood (1973 & 1975) Struttin' and Shoutin' (1976) Just Jazz (with Buddy Tate, 1984) The New Al Grey Quintet (1988)
Live albums	The Al Grey - Billy Mitchell Sextet (with Billy Mitchell, 1961)
Related articles	Count Basie Orchestra

v t e Billy Mitchell
Studio albums	Dizzy Atmosphere (1957) The Last of the Big Plungers (1960) The Al Grey - Billy Mitchell Sextet (1962) Snap Your Fingers (1962) This Is Billy Mitchell (1962) Night Song (1963) A Little Juicy (1964) Now's the Time (1976) The Colossus of Detroit (1978) De Lawd's Blues (1980)
Live albums	Xanadu in Africa (1981) Night Flight to Dakar (1982)

v t e Donald Byrd
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader	Byrd's Eye View (1955) Byrd Jazz (1955) Byrd's Word (1955) Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill (1956) 2 Trumpets (with Art Farmer, 1956) The Young Bloods (with Phil Woods, 1956) Jazz Eyes (and John Jenkins ao, 1957) Fuego (1959) Byrd in Flight (1960) Free Form (1961) A New Perspective (1963) I'm Tryin' to Get Home (1964) Up with Donald Byrd (1964) Mustang! (1966) Blackjack (1967) Slow Drag (1967) Fancy Free (1969) Kofi (1969–70) Ethiopian Knights (1971) Black Byrd (1972) Street Lady (1973) Stepping into Tomorrow (1974) Places and Spaces (1975) Caricatures (1976) Thank You...For F.U.M.L. (Funking Up My Life) (1978) Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C. (1979) Love Byrd (1981) Words, Sounds, Colors and Shapes (1982) Harlem Blues (1987) Getting Down to Business (1989) A City Called Heaven (1991)
With Pepper Adams	10 to 4 at the 5 Spot (1958) Off to the Races (1959) Byrd in Hand (1959) At the Half Note Cafe (1960) Motor City Scene (1960) Out of This World (1961) Chant (1961) The Cat Walk (1961) Royal Flush (1961) The Creeper (1967) Electric Byrd (1970)
With The Jazz Messengers	The Jazz Messengers (1956) Originally (1956) Art Blakey Big Band (1957) Holiday for Skins (2 volumes, 1958)
With Gigi Gryce	At Newport (and Cecil Taylor, 1957) Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet (Riverside, 1957) Jazz Lab (Columbia album) (1957) Jazz Lab (Jubilee album) (1957 [1958]) Modern Jazz Perspective (with Jackie Paris, 1957) New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (1957)
With Jackie McLean	Lights Out! (1956) 4, 5 and 6 (1956) New Soil (1959) Jackie's Bag (1959) Vertigo (1963)
With Hank Mobley	The Jazz Message of Hank Mobley (Savoy, 1956) Mobley's Message (Prestige, 1956) Jazz Message No. 2 (Savoy, 1957) Hank Mobley Sextet (1956) Hank (1957) No Room for Squares (1963) Straight No Filter (1963) The Turnaround! (1963) Far Away Lands (1967)
With others	Discoveries/Presenting Cannonball Adderley (Cannonball Adderley, 1955) Jammin' with Gene (Gene Ammons, 1956) All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956) All Day Long (Kenny Burrell, 1957) 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957) Whims of Chambers (Paul Chambers, 1956) Paul Chambers Quintet (1957) Sonny's Crib (Sonny Clark, 1957) My Conception (Sonny Clark, 1959) Bohemia After Dark (Kenny Clarke, 1955) Lush Life (John Coltrane, 1957–58) The Believer (John Coltrane, 1957–58) The Last Trane (John Coltrane, 1957–58) Black Pearls (John Coltrane, 1957–58) Davis Cup (Walter Davis Jr., 1959) Wailing With Lou (Lou Donaldson, 1957) Lou Takes Off (Lou Donaldson, 1957) This Is New (Kenny Drew, 1957) All Mornin' Long (Red Garland, 1957) Soul Junction (Red Garland, 1957) High Pressure (Red Garland, 1957) One Flight Up (Dexter Gordon, 1964) Ladybird (Dexter Gordon, 1965) Snap Your Fingers (Al Grey, 1962) Johnny Griffin Sextet (1958) Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 (Guru, 1993) Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (Guru, 1994–95) My Point of View (Herbie Hancock, 1993) Tone Tantrum (Gene Harris, 1977) Swamp Seed (Jimmy Heath, 1963) Informal Jazz (Elmo Hope, 1956) African High Life (Solomon Ilori, 1963) Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2 (Ahmad Jamal, 1994 or 1995) Quartet-Quintet (Hank Jones, 1955) Bluebird (Hank Jones, 1955) TV Action Jazz! (Mundell Lowe, 1959) The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall (1959) Goin' Out of My Head (Wes Montgomery, 1965) Hush! (Duke Pearson, 1962) Wahoo! (Duke Pearson, 1964) Another One/Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 (1955) Winner's Circle (Oscar Pettiford, et al, 1957) Blues in Trinity (Dizzy Reece, 1958) The Cool Voice of Rita Reys (1956) Dimensions & Extensions (Sam Rivers, 1967) Sonny Rollins, Volume 1 (1956) Don't Stop the Carnival (Sonny Rollins, 1978) Silver's Blue (Horace Silver, 1956) 6 Pieces of Silver (Horace Silver, 1956–58) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume One (1957) A Date with Jimmy Smith Volume Two (1957) Taylor's Wailers (Art Taylor, 1957) Soul Sauce (Cal Tjader, 1964) A Bluish Bag (Stanley Turrentine, 1967) Top Brass (Ernie Wilkins, 1955) Pairing Off (Phil Woods, 1956)