Nicky's Tune

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Nicky's Tune
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Studio album by
Ira Sullivan
Released1970
RecordedDecember 24, 1958
StudioSound Studios, Chicago
GenreJazz
Length39:12 (LP)
44:03 (CD)
LabelDelmark
Ira Sullivan chronology
Billy Taylor Introduces Ira Sullivan
(1956) 		Nicky's Tune
(1970) 		Blue Stroll
(1959)

Nicky's Tune is an album by American jazz trumpeter Ira Sullivan, which was recorded in 1958 but not issued until 1970 by Delmark. He leads a quintet with saxophonist Nicky Hill, pianist Jodie Christian, bassist Victor Sproles and drummer Wilbur Campbell.[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz3.5/4 stars[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow states "The music (two standards and four originals) is essentially straightahead bop and generally swings quite hard."[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes "There are atonal and polytonal episodes on Nicky's Tune" and describes his Delmark albums as "two powerful records by an almost forgotten figure."[3]

Track listing[]

  1. "My Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 8:38
  2. "When Sunny Gets Blue" (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal) – 5:11
  3. "Nicky's Tune #2" (Nicky Hill) – 7:56
  4. "Nicky's Tune #3" (Nicky Hill) – 8:58
  5. "Wilbur's Tune #2" (Wilbur Campbell) – 8:29

Bonus track on CD

  2. "Mock and Roll Blues" – 4:51

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Ira Sullivan Discography
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Yanow, Scott. Ira Sullivan – Nicky's Tune: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1393. ISBN 0140515216.
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