Asia Minor (album)

Asia Minor is an album by Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece featuring performances recorded in 1962 and originally released on the New Jazz label.[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[2]
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]
Asia Minor
Studio album by
Dizzy Reece
Released1962
RecordedMarch 13, 1962
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length36:25
LabelNew Jazz
Dizzy Reece chronology
Soundin' Off
(1960)		 Asia Minor
(1962)		 From In to Out
(1970)

Reception

Contemporaneous reviews of Asia Minor were positive, with the Jazz Journal describing it as "modern jazz at a high level".[5] Critical reflections of the album since its release have often concluded that it was Reece's finest session of the period[6] and a "masterpiece".[7] A review by Scott Yanow for AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars and stated: "The solos tend to be concise but quite meaningful, and, overall, this hard bop but occasionally surprising session is quite memorable".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Reece except where noted.

  1. "The Shadow of Khan" – 5:31
  2. "The Story of Love" (Carlos Eleta Almarán) – 4:32
  3. "Yamask" – 5:40
  4. "Spiritus Parkus [Parker's Spirit]" (Cecil Payne) – 4:40
  5. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 7:51
  6. "Ackmet" – 8:11

Personnel

References
  1. Prestige discography accessed April 24, 2024
  2. Down Beat:Down Beat: January 3, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 1
  3. Yanow, Scott. "Asia Minor - Dizzy Reece". AllMusic. Netaktion. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1199. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Voce, Steve (1963). "JJ 06/63: Dizzy Reece – Asia Minor". Jazz Journal. Jazz Journal. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  6. Morton, Brian; Cook, Richard (2010). The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1000 Best Albums. London: Penguin UK. ISBN 9780141048314. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  7. Hovan, C. Andrew (2004). "Dizzy Reece: Mosaic Select 11: Dizzy Reece". AllAboutJazz. No. 27 July. All About Jazz & Jazz Near You. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
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