This Time the Drum's on Me [Original recording remastered]

Stan Levey, ???????????????????????? | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 20, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B00005A09S
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #294,852 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Diggin' for Diz

2. Ruby, My Dear

3. Tune-Up

4. La Chaloupee [From Tales of Hoffmann]

5. Day in and Day Out

6. Stanley the Steamer

7. This Time the Drum's on Me

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of The Best Jazz albums ever made, February 26, 2007

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B. Levey "BL" (Basalt, Co USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This Time the Drum's on Me (Audio CD)

I am Stan's oldest son Robert Levey and I have very particular tastes in music. I feel this is a classic, very special album and is on my A list of top 10 Jazz albums. I love Tony, Buddy, Elvin, Louis Hayes, Jeff Ballard, Billy Hart etc. I love free, bop, Harbop, funk etc. So I have very broad tastes. I do not choose this as a top ten just because it is my Dad.

I just think the compositions, the blowing, the recording, the comping, the time and taste are next to perfection.

IMHO

Bob Levey

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My First and Still One Of My Favorite Jazz Records, December 26, 2003

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Mike Beegle (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Time the Drum's on Me (Audio CD)

It's a little difficult for me to be objective about this record- it was my first "modern jazz" album and caused me to switch from clarinet playing dixieland to tenor sax playing jazz when I was still in high school, about 1957. Everyone on this record is at the top of their form. This is by no means "West Coast Jazz" rather hard driving be bop by the best the west coast had to offer at the time, that is, some of the best white players in jazz at the time plus Dexter and the huge walking bass sound of Leroy. The recording quality is exceptional for the time in spite of a few spots when the recorded sound is over driven and a bit distorted. To me it always added to the excitement and intensity of the record. Conte Condoli sounds beautiful and very soulful on "Ruby My Dear" and everybody grooves hard on the uptempos. The three horn charts are great although no credit is given to the arranger. This is a SUPER record and I recommend it highly. (I've been looking for it in CD format because my LP is scratched a bit and has a skip here and there from being played so many times.)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Smooth, swinging bop, July 24, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: This Time the Drum's on Me (Audio CD)

Mid-1950s session featuring the great Dexter Gordon on tenor, and Lou Levy on piano. Strong bop flavor, with a bit of west coast cool overtone. Worth checking out, particularly for Dexter's performance.