Cole Porter in a Modern Mood

1955 studio album by Randy Weston

Cole Porter in a Modern Mood

Studio album by

Randy Weston

Released| 1955
Recorded| 27 April 1954
New York City
Genre| Jazz
Length| 29:20
Label| Riverside
RLP 2508
Producer| Orrin Keepnews
Randy Weston chronology
|  | Cole Porter in a Modern Mood
(1955)  | The Randy Weston Trio
(1955)

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Cole Porter in a Modern Mood is the debut album by American jazz pianist Randy Weston, recorded in 1954 and released on the Riverside label as a 10-inch LP.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]

Billboard in 1954 wrote: "Weston turns in a brilliant display of modern jazz stylings on a selection of Cole Porter favorites. This is the first time that Weston, who has played with groups in New York since the war, has had a chance to really display his technique and his musicianship on disks and he makes the most of it."[3]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars with the review by Alex Henderson stating: "back in 1954 -- when a 28-year-old Randy Weston recorded Randy Weston Plays Cole Porter in a Modern Mood \-- saluting Porter wasn't an idea that beboppers had run into the ground and beaten to death. It was still an intriguing idea, and the element of intrigue is definitely present on this record... the pianist's career as a leader was off to an impressive start".[2]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Cole Porter

1. "Get Out of Town" - 4:29
2. "I Get a Kick Out of You" - 3:10
3. "I Love You" - 2:58
4. "In the Still of the Night" - 4:40
5. "Just One of Those Things" - 4:29
6. "Night and Day" - 3:36
7. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" - 2:50
8. "I've Got You Under My Skin" - 3:08

## Personnel

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* Randy Weston \- piano
* Sam Gill - bass

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Randy Weston

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Some titles have been shortened.

leader

co-leader|

* Cole Porter in a Modern Mood (1954)
* The Randy Weston Trio (1955)
* Get Happy (1955)
* With These Hands... (1956)
* Trio and Solo (1955–56)
* Jazz à la Bohemia (1956)
* The Modern Art of Jazz (1956)
* Piano á la Mode (1957)
* New Faces at Newport (split with Lem Winchester, 1958)
* Little Niles (1958)
* Destry Rides Again (1959)
* Live at the Five Spot (1959)
* Uhuru Afrika (1960)
* Highlife (1963)
* Randy (1964; aka, African Cookbook, Atlantic)
* Berkshire Blues (1965)
* Monterey '66 (1966)
* African Cookbook (Polydor, 1969)
* Niles Littlebig (1969)
* Blue Moses (1972)
* Tanjah (1973)
* Carnival (1974)
* Blues to Africa (1974)
* The Healers (with David Murray, 1987)
* The Spirits of Our Ancestors (1991)
* Khepera (1998)

With
others|

* Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1984)
* Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972)

## References

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1. ^ Riverside Records sessionography accessed August 10, 2012
2. ^ a b Henderson, A. AllMusic Review, accessed August 10, 2012
3. ^ "Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums". Billboard. Vol. 66, no. 52\. December 25, 1954. p. 26.

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