''Impressions!'' is the third album by saxophonist
Paul Horn and his first released on the
World Pacific label in 1959.
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World Pacific Album Discography
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Reception
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Track listing
''All compositions by Paul Horn except as indicated''
# " Maid with the Flaxen Hair" (Claude Debussy
(Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most infl ...
) - 2:15
# "The Little Shepherd" (Debussy) - 1:55
# "Berceuse" (Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the ...
) - 3:10
# " Pavane for a Dead Princess" (Maurice Ravel
Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...
) - 1:26
# "Waltz #2 & #3" - 3:46
# "Greensleeves
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" (Traditional) - 4:32
# "Baltimore Oriole" (Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagland Howard Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American musician, composer, songwriter, actor and lawyer. Carmichael was one of the most successful Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s, and was among the firs ...
, Paul Francis Webster
Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907 – March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song, and was nominated sixteen times for the award.
Life and career
Webster was born in New York City, United S ...
) - 3:27
# "Mist" - 3:30
# "Good Bait
"Good Bait" is a jazz composition written by American jazz piano player and composer Tadd Dameron and by band leader Count Basie. It was introduced in 1944 and was popular in the 1940s and 1950s.
Form
Good Bait uses the changes to "I've Got Rhyth ...
" (Tadd Dameron
Tadley Ewing Peake Dameron (February 21, 1917 – March 8, 1965) was an American jazz composer, arranger, and pianist.
Biography
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Dameron was the most influential arranger of the bebop era, but also wrote charts for swin ...
, Count Basie
William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and th ...
) - 4:54
# " Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper
Bronisław Kaper (; February 5, 1902 – April 26, 1983) was a Polish film composer who scored films and musical theater in Germany, France, and the USA. The American immigration authorities misspelled his name as Bronislau Kaper. He was also va ...
, Ned Washington
Ned Washington (born Edward Michael Washington, August 15, 1901 – December 20, 1976) was an American lyricist born in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Life and career
Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962. He won the Be ...
) - 5:53
Personnel
* Paul Horn - alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
*John Pisano
John Pisano (born February 6, 1931) is a jazz guitarist born in Staten Island, New York.
Biography
Pisano has worked with Herb Alpert, Billy Bean, Chico Hamilton, Peggy Lee, and Joe Pass.
Discography As leader
* ''Makin' It: Guitar Duets'' with ...
- guitar
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*Gene Estes - vibraphone
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*Lyle Ritz
Lyle Joseph Ritz (January 10, 1930 – March 3, 2017) was an American musician, known for his work on ukulele and bass (both double bass and bass guitar). His early career in jazz as a ukulele player made him a key part of the Hawaii music scene ...
- bass
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* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
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References
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World Pacific Records albums
Paul Horn (musician) albums
1959 albums