Al Cohn's America

Al Cohn's America
Al Cohn's America
Studio album by Al Cohn
Released	1976
Genre	Jazz
Label	Xanadu
Producer	Don Schlitten
Al Cohn chronology

Al Cohn's America is a jazz album by saxophonist Al Cohn, recorded in 1976 for Xanadu Records.^[1]^[2]

Reception[edit]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "Al Cohn's series of albums for Xanadu were among the happiest and most exciting of his career. Freed of his usual writing duties, Cohn sounds exuberant jamming through seven songs".^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]

Track listing[edit]

"America the Beautiful" (Katherine Lee Bates, Samuel A. Ward) - 5:04
"Night and Day" (Cole Porter) - 8:34
"My Shining Hour" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 8:33
"Bright" (Al Cohn) - 5:09
"Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 6:18
"Woody'n You" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 5:54
"Comin' Home" (Franz Jackson) - 6:06

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

^ Yanow, Scott. "America: Al Cohn". Allmusic.
^ Al Cohn catalog accessed April 24, 2017
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. America – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 42. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[1] Yanow, Scott. "America: Al Cohn". Allmusic.

[2] Al Cohn catalog accessed April 24, 2017

[Allmusic-3] Yanow, Scott. America – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 15, 2015.

[RSJRG-4] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 42. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Al Cohn's Tones (1950 & 1953) Mr. Music (1954) The Natural Seven (1955) That Old Feeling (1955) Four Brass One Tenor (1955) The Brothers! (with Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca, 1955) From A to...Z (with Zoot Sims, 1956) The Sax Section (1956) Cohn on the Saxophone (1956) Tenor Conclave (with John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, and Zoot Sims, 1956) The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bobby Brookmeyer (1956) The Four Brothers... Together Again! (with Herbie Steward, Zoot Sims, and Serge Chaloff, 1957) Al and Zoot (with Zoot Sims, 1957) You 'n' Me (with Zoot Sims, 1960) Son of Drum Suite (1960) Either Way (with Zoot Sims, 1961) Jazz Mission to Moscow (1962) Body and Soul (with Zoot Sims, 1973) Motoring Along (with Zoot Sims, 1974) Play It Now (1975) True Blue (with Dexter Gordon, 1976) Silver Blue (with Dexter Gordon, 1976) Al Cohn's America (1976) Heavy Love (with Jimmy Rowles, 1977) No Problem (1979)
Live albums	Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (with Zoot Sims and Phil Woods, 1959) Xanadu in Africa (with Dolo Coker, Leroy Vinnegar, and Frank Butler, 1980) Night Flight to Dakar (with Billy Mitchell, Dolo Coker, Leroy Vinnegar and Frank Butler, 1980)