Tuba Sounds is the debut album by tuba player Ray Draper recorded in 1957 and released on the Prestige label.[1]
Reception
Scott Yanow of Allmusic reviewed the album, stating: "His solos are sometimes a touch awkward rhythmically and it takes one a little while to get used to his sound in this setting but, overall, this is a successful effort".[2] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings describes the album as “an impressive debut” for Draper, who was only 16 when it was recorded.[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Ray Draper except as indicated
- "Terry Anne" (Webster Young) - 6:39
- "You're My Thrill" (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney) - 6:48
- "Pivot" (Mal Waldron) - 5:13
- "Jackie's Dolly" - 4:54
- "Mimi's Interlude" - 8:14
- "House of Davis" (Webster Young) - 5:28
Personnel
Production
References
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- The Happy Blues (Gene Ammons, 1956)
- Jammin' with Gene (Gene Ammons, 1956)
- Funky (Gene Ammons, 1957)
- Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (Gene Ammons, 1957)
- Hard Bop (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956)
- Originally (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956 [1982])
- Drum Suite (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1956–57)
- A Night in Tunisia (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, Vik/RCA, 1957)
- Ritual: The Modern Jazz Messengers (Art Blakey, 1957)
- Tough! (Art Blakey/The Jazz Messengers, 1957)
- Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks, 1960)
- 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957)
- Off to the Races (Donald Byrd, 1958)
- Fuego (Donald Byrd, 1959)
- Byrd in Flight (Donald Byrd, 1960)
- Cool Struttin' (Sonny Clark, 1958)
- Dig (Miles Davis, 1951)
- Quintet/Sextet (Miles Davis, 1955)
- Davis Cup (Walter Davis Jr., 1959)
- Inta Somethin' (Kenny Dorham, 1961)
- Matador (Kenny Dorham, 1962)
- (Ray Draper, 1957)
- 2 Trumpets (Art Farmer, 1957)
- Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992)
- To Bird with Love (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992)
- Pithecanthropus Erectus (Charles Mingus, 1956)
- Blues & Roots (Charles Mingus, 1958)
- Mobley's Message (Hank Mobley, Prestige, 1956)
- Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967)
- Evolution (Grachan Moncur III, 1963)
- Lee-Way (Lee Morgan, 1960)
- Tom Cat (Lee Morgan, 1964)
- Cornbread (Lee Morgan, 1965)
- Infinity (Lee Morgan, 1965)
- Charisma (Lee Morgan, 1966)
- The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1967–68)
- The Music From "The Connection" (Freddie Redd, 1960)
- Shades of Redd (Freddie Redd, 1960)
- Redd's Blues (Freddie Redd, 1961)
- Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
- Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960)
- Taylor's Wailers (Art Taylor, 1957)
- Mal/2 (Mal Waldron, 1957)
- Left Alone (Mal Waldron, 1959)
- Left Alone '86 (Mal Waldron, 1986)
- Easterly Winds (Jack Wilson, 1967)
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- All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956)
- Earthy (Kenny Burrell, 1957)
- 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957)
- Where? (Ron Carter, 1961)
- The Teddy Charles Tentet (1956)
- Coolin' (Teddy Charles, 1957)
- Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette (John Coltrane & Paul Quinichette, 1957)
- Coltrane (1957)
- Dakar (John Coltrane, Pepper Adams & Cecil Payne, 1957)
- At the Five Spot (Eric Dolphy, both volumes, 1961)
- (Ray Draper, 1957)
- Hornful of Soul (aka, Catwalk, Bennie Green, 1960)
- Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport (1957)
- Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday, 1958)
- So Warm (Etta Jones, 1961)
- After Hours (Thad Jones, 1957)
- Olio (Thad Jones, 1957)
- Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk (1958)
- Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln, 1961)
- Teo (Teo Macero, 1957)
- On the Sunny Side (Paul Quinichette, 1957)
- Percussion Bitter Sweet (Max Roach, 1961)
- It's Time (Max Roach, 1962)
- Speak, Brother, Speak! (Max Roach, 1962)
- For Lady (Webster Young, 1957)
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