Blowin' Away (Dizzy Reece and Ted Curson album)

Blowin' Away
Blowin' Away
Studio album by Dizzy Reece and Ted Curson
Released	1978
Recorded	June 9, 1978
Studio	Blue Rock Studio, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Interplay IP-7716
Producer	Fred Norsworthy, Toshiya Taenaka
Ted Curson chronology
Dizzy Reece chronology

Blowin' Away is an album by trumpeters Dizzy Reece and Ted Curson which was recorded in 1976 and first released on the Interplay label.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[5]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating "It is a pity that Reece and Curson do not get to tangle on all of the numbers, but they do shoot off some fireworks (most notably on "Walkin'"); the playing by all of the veterans is up to par".^[4]

Track listing

"Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) - 6:13
"All The Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 6:16
"Bass Conclave" (Dizzy Reece) - 6:24
"Moose the Mooche" (Charlie Parker) - 5:11
"Marjo" (Ted Curson) - 6:50
"Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) - 8:48

Personnel

Dizzy Reece - trumpet (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6)
Ted Curson - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 2, 3, 5 & 6)
Claude Williamson - piano
Sam Jones - bass
Roy Haynes - drums

References

^ Dizzy Reece discography accessed February 27, 2015
^ Fitzgerald, M., Ted Curson leader entry, accessed February 27, 2015
^ Interplay Records discography accessed May 9, 2017
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed February 27, 2015
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 167. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Dizzy_Reece_discography-1] Dizzy Reece discography accessed February 27, 2015

[2] Fitzgerald, M., Ted Curson leader entry, accessed February 27, 2015

[Interplay_Records_discography-3] Interplay Records discography accessed May 9, 2017

[Allmusic-4] Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed February 27, 2015

[RSJRG-5] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 167. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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Dizzy Reece
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) (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)

Ted Curson
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Plenty of Horn (1961) Ted Curson Plays Fire Down Below (1962) Flip Top (1964–66) Tears for Dolphy (1964) The New Thing & the Blue Thing (1965) Urge (1966) Ode to Booker Ervin (1970) Pop Wine (1971) Cattin' Curson (1973) Quicksand (1974) Blue Piccolo (1976) Jubilant Power (1976) (and Dizzy Reece, 1978) The Trio (1979) I Heard Mingus (1980) Snake Johnson (1981)
With Charles Mingus	Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960) Mingus (with Charles Mingus, 1960) Mingus at Antibes (with Charles Mingus, 1960) Mingus Revisited/Pre-Bird (with Charles Mingus, 1960)
With others	California Cookin' (Pepper Adams, 1983) The Tenor Stylings of Bill Barron (1961) Modern Windows (Bill Barron, 1961) Baritone Madness (Nick Brignola and Pepper Adams, 1977) Hoarded Dreams (Graham Collier, 1983) Spiral (Andrew Hill, 1974–75) Bill Dixon 7-tette/Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5 (New York Contemporary Five, split album, 1964) Fire Music (Archie Shepp, 1965) Love for Sale (Cecil Taylor, 1959) Seant (Andrzej Trzaskowski, 1965–66)