Nice Day with Buddy Collette

Nice Day with Buddy Collette
Nice Day with Buddy Collette
Studio album by Buddy Collette
Released	1957
Recorded	November 6 & 29, 1956 and February 18, 1957; Contemporary Records Studio, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:29
Label	Contemporary C3531
Producer	Lester Koenig
Buddy Collette chronology

Nice Day with Buddy Collette is the second album by multi-instrumentalist and composer Buddy Collette, recorded at sessions in late 1956 and early 1957 and released on the Contemporary label.^[1]

Reception

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

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Overall this set serves as a good all-around showcase for Buddy Collette's playing and writing talents".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Buddy Collette except as indicated

"Nice Day" - 4:19
"There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 4:26
"Minor Deviation" (Dick Shreve) - 4:42
"Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 5:15
"Change It" - 3:19
"Moten Swing" (Bennie Moten, Buster Moten) - 3:26
"I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 3:09
"Blues for Howard" - 4:03
"Fall Winds" - 6:28
"Buddy Boo" - 4:31

Recorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles on November 6, 1956 (tracks 1 & 4), November 29, 1956 (tracks 3, 5 & 7-9) and February 18, 1957 (tracks 2, 6 & 10).

Personnel

Buddy Collette - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
Don Friedman (tracks 1 & 4), Calvin Jackson (tracks 2, 6 & 10), Dick Shreve (tracks 3, 5 & 7-9) - piano
John Goodman (tracks 1, 3-5 & 7-9), Leroy Vinnegar (tracks 2, 6 & 10) - bass
Bill Dolney (tracks 3, 5 & 7-9), Shelly Manne (tracks 2, 6 & 10), Joe Peters (tracks 1 & 4) - drums

References

^ Contemporary Records discography accessed May 28, 2015
^ ^a ^b Scott Yanow, Scott. Nice Day with Buddy Collette – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
^ Hall, Tony (21 June 1958). "Reviews". Disc. No. 20. p. 19.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Contemporary_Records_discography-1] Contemporary Records discography accessed May 28, 2015

[Allmusic-2] Scott Yanow, Scott. Nice Day with Buddy Collette – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 28, 2015.

[Disc-3] Hall, Tony (21 June 1958). "Reviews". Disc. No. 20. p. 19.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Buddy Collette
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	Tanganyika (1956) Man of Many Parts (1956) Nice Day with Buddy Collette (1956 & 1957) Cool, Calm & Collette (1957) Everybody's Buddy (1957) Porgy & Bess (1957) Flute Fraternity (with Herbie Mann, 1957) Jazz Loves Paris (1958) Buddy Collette's Swinging Shepherds (1958) At the Cinema! (1959) Warm Winds (with Charles Kynard, 1964) Flute Talk (1988)