CLARK TERRY | PORTRAITS (ONE-STEP) - Chesky Records

Portraits features Clark Terry leading a quartet whose jazz combines swing, bebop and humour. Terry alternates trumpet and flugelhorn with occasional vocals, supported by Don Friedman's piano and an energetic rhythm section.

Eight portraits of jazz history

Standards such as Pennies from Heaven and Sugar Blues sit alongside Terry's original Finger Filibuster, a showcase for his distinctive scat singing. The vinyl programme features eight tracks from the album first released by Chesky Records in 1989.

Tracklist — side A

1. Pennies from Heaven
2. Sugar Blues
3. Finger Filibuster
4. Little Jazz

Tracklist — side B

1. Jive at Five
2. Ciribiribin
3. I Can't Get Started
4. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed

The quartet and recording

Clark Terry — trumpet, flugelhorn and vocals; Don Friedman — piano; Victor Gaskin — double bass; Lewis Nash — drums. Recorded at RCA Studio A, New York, on 16 December 1988. Produced by David Chesky, executive producer Norman Chesky.

JBC One-Step edition

2025 Chesky Records / evosound reissue as a 180 g, 33 rpm black-vinyl One-Step LP in a standard sleeve. Barcode 4895241437984. JBC lists one physical LP variant, SKU EVLPBL78, with no CD or download edition on this product.