Counterpoint for Six Valves

1956 studio album by Don Elliott and Rusty Dedrick

Counterpoint for Six Valves

Studio album by

Don Elliott and Rusty Dedrick

Released| 1956
Recorded| March 16 & 17, 1955 and April 23, 1956
Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Genre| Jazz
Label| Riverside
RLP 12-218
Producer| Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews
Don Elliott chronology
| Don Elliott Sings
(1955)  | Counterpoint for Six Valves
(1956)  | The Voice of Marty Bell - The Quartet of Don Elliott
(1956)

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6 Valves 10-inch LP Cover

Counterpoint for Six Valves is an album by American jazz trumpeters Don Elliott and Rusty Dedrick which was recorded in 1955 for the Riverside label.[1] The album features six tracks that were originally recorded in 1955 and released as the 10-inch LP, Six Valves along with four additional tracks from 1956. This album was also reissued on the Jazzland label as Double Trumpet Doings.

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars.[2]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Dick Hyman except as indicated

1. "Mine" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:08
2. "Vampire Till Ready" - 5:03 originally released on 6 Valves
3. "Your Own Iron" - 5:01 originally released on 6 Valves
4. "It's Easy to Remember" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:55 originally released on 6 Valves
5. "The Bull Speaks" - 3:20
6. "Dominick Seventh" - 5:08 originally released on 6 Valves
7. "Gargantuan Chant" - 4:41 originally released on 6 Valves
8. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) - 5:07 originally released on 6 Valves
9. "Henry's Mambo" - 2:15
10. "Theme and Inner Tube" - 1:59

* Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios, New York City on March 16 & 17, 1955 (tracks 2-4 & 6-8) and April 23, 1956 (tracks 1, 5, 9 & 10)

## Personnel

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* Rusty Dedrick (tracks 1-3 & 5-10), Don Elliott (tracks 1–7, 9 & 10) - trumpet
* Dick Hyman \- piano (tracks 1-9)
* Mundell Lowe \- guitar (tracks 1-9)
* Eddie Safranski \- bass (tracks 1-9)
* Don Lamond \- drums (tracks 1-9)

## References

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1. ^ Riverside Records discography accessed August 27, 2012
2. ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed August 27, 2012

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Studio albums|

* Counterpoint for Six Valves (with Rusty Dedrick, 1955 & 1956)
* The Voice of Marty Bell – The Quartet of Don Elliott (1956)
* The Bob Corwin Quartet featuring the Trumpet of Don Elliott (1956)
* The Nutty Squirrels (1959)

Live albums|

* Eddie Costa, Mat Mathews & Don Elliott at Newport (1957)

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* The Nutty Squirrels

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