Leroy Walks Again!!

1963 studio album by Leroy Vinnegar

Leroy Walks Again!! is the second album by American jazz bassist Leroy Vinnegar recorded in 1962 and 1963 and released on the Contemporary label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The set helps define the modern mainstream of the early '60s, when cool jazz was being replaced by hard bop".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Hard to Find" (Leroy Vinnegar) - 6:48
2. "Down Under" (Freddie Hubbard) - 4:34
3. "I'll String Along with You" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 4:08
4. "Subway Grate" (Vinnegar) - 5:39
5. "Restin' in Jail" (Les McCann) - 4:26
6. "Motherland" (Don Nelson) - 5:36
7. "For Carl" (Vinnegar) - 5:58
8. "Wheelin' and Dealin'" (Teddy Edwards) - 4:11

• Recorded at Contemporary Studio in Los Angeles, CA on August 1, 1962 (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6) and March 5, 1963 (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 8)

Personnel

• Leroy Vinnegar - bass
• Freddy Hill - trumpet
• Teddy Edwards - tenor saxophone
• Victor Feldman - vibraphone, piano (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6)
• Roy Ayers - vibraphone (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 8)
• Mike Melvoin - piano (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 8)
• Ron Jefferson (tracks 1, 3, 4 7 6), Milt Turner (tracks 2, 5, 7 & 8) - drums

References

1. Contemporary Records discography, accessed May 7, 2015
2. Yanow, Scott. Leroy Walks Again!! – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 200. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1450. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.