Asia Minor (album)

Asia Minor
Asia Minor
Studio album by Dizzy Reece
Released	1962
Recorded	March 13, 1962
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	36:25
Label	New Jazz
Dizzy Reece chronology

Asia Minor is an album by Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece featuring performances recorded in 1962 and originally released on the New Jazz label.^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	^[2]
Allmusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

Reception[]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated: "The solos tend to be concise but quite meaningful, and, overall, this hard bop but occasionally surprising session is quite memorable".^[3]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Dizzy Reece except where noted.

"The Shadow of Khan" – 5:31
"The Story of Love" () – 4:32
"Yamask" – 5:40
"Spiritus Parkus [Parker's Spirit]" (Cecil Payne) – 4:40
"Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 7:51
"Ackmet" – 8:11

Personnel[]

References[]

^ Prestige discography accessed September 29, 2010
^ Down Beat:Down Beat: January 3, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 1
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 29, 2010
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1199. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Blue_Note_discography-1] Prestige discography accessed September 29, 2010

[2] Down Beat:Down Beat: January 3, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 1

[Allmusic-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 29, 2010

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1199. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Blues in Trinity (1958) Star Bright (1959) Comin' On! (1960) Soundin' Off (1960) Asia Minor (1962) From In to Out (1970) Blowin' Away (with Ted Curson, 1978) Manhattan Project (1978)
With others	Suite Sixteen (Victor Feldman, 1955) The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (1968) A Day in Copenhagen (Dexter Gordon, 1969) Passing Ships (Andrew Hill, 1969) Round Midnight (Philly Joe Jones, 1969) Inward Fire (Clifford Jordan, 1977) Play What You Feel (Clifford Jordan, 1990) Down Through the Years (Clifford Jordan, 1991) Flight to Jordan (Duke Jordan, 1960) The Flip (Hank Mobley, 1969)