Asia Minor (album)

Asia Minor is an album by Jamaican-born jazz trumpeter Dizzy Reece featuring performances recorded in 1962 and originally released on the New Jazz label.

Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and stated "The solos tend to be concise but quite meaningful, and, overall, this hard bop but occasionally surprising session is quite memorable".

Track listing

 * All compositions by Dizzy Reece except as indicated


 * 1) "The Shadow of Khan" - 5:31
 * 2) "The Story of Love" (Carlos Eleta Almarán) - 4:32
 * 3) "Yamask" - 5:40
 * 4) "Spiritus Parkus [Parker's Spirit]" (Cecil Payne) - 4:40
 * 5) "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 7:51
 * 6) "Ackmet" - 8:11
 * Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on March 13, 1962

Personnel

 * Dizzy Reece - trumpet
 * Joe Farrell - tenor saxophone, flute
 * Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone
 * Hank Jones - piano
 * Ron Carter - bass
 * Charlie Persip - drums