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Title information

Rapscallion In Rab's Canyon

Paul Gonsalves

Tell It The Way It Is

Date of recording

4.9.1963, New York City

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Performers

Paul Gonsalves (Soloist) (tenor sax)

* 12.7.1920, Boston, Massachusetts (MA), United States

† 14.5.1974, London, England, United Kingdom

Johnny Hodges (Soloist) (alto sax)

* 25.7.1906, Cambridge, Massachusetts (MA), United States

† 12.5.1970, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Rolf Ericson (Soloist) (trumpet)

* 29.8.1922, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

† 16.6.1997, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Ray Nance (Soloist) (cornet)

* 10.12.1913, Chicago, Illinois (IL), United States

† 28.1.1976, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Walter Bishop (Soloist) (piano)

* 4.10.1927, New York City, United States

† 24.1.1998, New York City, United States

Ernie Shepard (Soloist) (Double Bass)

* 19.7.1916, Beaumont, Texas (TX), United States

† 23.11.1965

Osie Johnson (Soloist) (drums)

* 11.1.1923, Washington, DC, Maryland (MD), United States

† 10.2.1966, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Authors

Johnny Hodges (Composer)

* 25.7.1906, Cambridge, Massachusetts (MA), United States

† 12.5.1970, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Album information

Tell It The Way It Is

Paul Gonsalves

Tell It The Way It Is

Year of production

1999

Record Label

Impulse

Tracks

  • 1. Tell it the way it is
  • 2. Things ain't what they used to be
  • 3. Duke's place = C Jam Blues (orig.)
  • 4. Impulsive
  • 5. Rapscallion in Rab's Canyon
  • 6. Body and soul
  • 7. Caesar and Cleopatra Theme
  • 8. Anthony and Cleopatra Theme
  • 9. Blues for Liz
  • 10. Cleo's Blues
  • 11. Action in Alexandria
  • 12. Cleo's asp
  • 13. Cleopatra's lament
  • 14. Second chance