{{More citations needed|date=April 2015}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Trane Whistle | type = Studio | artist = [[Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis]] Big Band | cover = Trane Whistle.jpg | alt = | released = 1960 | recorded = September 20, 1960 | venue = | studio = [[Van Gelder Studio]], Englewood Cliffs, NJ | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = 31:53 | label = [[Prestige Records|Prestige]]<br><small>PR 7206</small> | producer = [[Esmond Edwards]] | chronology = [[Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis]] | prev_title = [[Battle Stations (album)|Battle Stations]] | prev_year = 1960 | next_title = [[Tough Tenors]] | next_year = 1960 }}
'''''Trane Whistle''''' is an album by saxophonist [[Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis]]' Big Band with arrangements by [[Oliver Nelson]] and [[Ernie Wilkins]] recorded in 1960 and released on the [[Prestige Records|Prestige]] label.<ref>Payne, D. [https://dougpayne.com/on51-66.htm Oliver Nelson discography] accessed July 11, 2012</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[Allmusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> | rev2 = ''[[Down Beat]]'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>''[[DownBeat]]'': February 1, 1962 vol. 29, no. 3</ref> |rev3 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]'' |rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}} <ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=338}}</ref> }} The [[Allmusic]] reviewer [[Scott Yanow]] stated: "Most significant is the inclusion of the original version of "Stolen Moments" (here called "The Stolen Moment" and predating the more famous Oliver Nelson recording by several months)".<ref name="Allmusic">Yanow, S. [https://www.allmusic.com/album/trane-whistle-mw0000207360 Allmusic Review] accessed July 11, 2012</ref>
In his February 1, 1962 review for ''[[DownBeat]]'' magazine Richard B. Hadlock wrote: "Perhaps the most significant aspect of this set is saxophonist Nelson's debut as a big-band arranger on four tracks."
== Track listing == ''All compositions and arrangements by Oliver Nelson except as indicated'' # "Trane Whistle" – 6:19 # "Whole Nelson" – 3:35 # "[[You Are Too Beautiful]]" ([[Lorenz Hart]], [[Richard Rodgers]]) – 5:11 (arr. by Ernie Wilkins) # "[[Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson song)|The Stolen Moment]]" – 7:54 # "Walk Away" – 5:27 # "Jaws" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) – 4:36 (arr. by Ernie Wilkins)
== Personnel == *[[Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis]] – [[tenor saxophone]] *[[Clark Terry]], [[Richard Williams (musician)|Richard Williams]], [[Bobby Bryant (musician)|Bob Bryant]] – [[trumpet]] *[[Melba Liston]], [[Jimmy Cleveland]] – [[trombone]] *[[Jerome Richardson]], [[George Barrow (musician)|George Barrow]] – tenor saxophone, [[flute]] *[[Eric Dolphy]], [[Oliver Nelson]] – [[alto saxophone]] *Bob Ashton – [[baritone saxophone]] *[[Richard Wyands]] – [[piano]] *[[Wendell Marshall]] – [[Double bass|bass]] *[[Roy Haynes]] – [[Drum Kit|drums]] *Oliver Nelson (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5), [[Ernie Wilkins]] (tracks 3 & 6) – [[arrangement|arranger]]
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