The Lowest is an album by bassist and tubist Red Callender, recorded for the MetroJazz label in 1958.[1][2]

The Lowest
Studio album by Red Callender
Released	1958
Recorded	April 30 and May 1, 1958
Studio	Hollywood, CA
Genre	Jazz
Label	MetroJazz E 1007
Producer	Leonard Feather
Red Callender chronology
Callender Speaks Low (1957) The Lowest (1958) Basin Street Brass (1973)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden states: "These sessions feature quite a few of the rising stars of the West Coast jazz scene... As a bassist, Callender was very much in demand and displays his immense talent in a rather subdued way. He sets aside his bass to play tuba on several tracks, proving himself as a convincing soloist on an instrument almost always relegated to rhythm, in addition to being out of favor once the bass came into jazz ensembles".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Red Callender except where noted

1. "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke)
2. "Pickin, Pluckin, Whistlin' and Walkin'"
3. "The Lowest"
4. "Of Thee I Sing" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
5. "Dedicated to the Blues"
6. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (Gershwin, Gershwin)
7. "Five-Four Blues" (Josef Myrow)
8. "Tea For Two" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar)
9. "Another Blues"
10. "Volume, Too"
11. "I'll Be Around" (Alec Wilder)

Personnel

• Red Callender - bass (tracks 2, 4 & 6-10), tuba (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 11)
• Gerald Wilson – trumpet (tracks 1, 3, 5-7 & 9-11)
• John Ewing − trombone (tracks 6, 9 & 10)
• Hymie Gunkler − alto saxophone (tracks 6, 9 & 10)
• Buddy Collette − tenor saxophone (tracks 6, 9 & 10), flute (tracks 1, 3-5, 7, 8 & 11), piccolo (track 2)
• Martin Berman − baritone saxophone (tracks 6, 9 & 10)
• Eddie Beal (tracks 6, 9 & 10), Gerald Wiggins (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7 & 11) − piano
• Bill Pitman (tracks 2, 4 & 8), Billy Bean (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7 & 11) − guitar
• Red Mitchell − bass (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 11)
• Bill Douglass – drums

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