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.

Reception

Contemporaneous reviews of Asia Minor were positive, with the Jazz Journal describing it as "modern jazz at a high level". Critical reflections of the album since its release have often concluded that it was Reece's finest session of the period and a "masterpiece". 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".

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

• Dizzy Reece – trumpet
• Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone, flute
• Cecil Payne – baritone saxophone
• Hank Jones – piano
• Ron Carter – bass
• Charlie Persip – drums

References