Five O'Clock Bells is an album by Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 guitarist Lenny Breau

Lenny Breau

Leonard Harold "Lenny" Breau was a musician, guitar player, and music educator. He was known for blending many styles of music including: jazz, country, classical and flamenco guitar...

, released in 1979.

History

After signing a three-album deal with Gene Rosenthal for Adelphi Records, Breau recorded enough material over a few months in 1977. Rosenthal produced the first sessions which would become Five O'Clock Bells. Subsequent releases from these sessions were Mo' Breau and Last Sessions.

Originally released on LP

LP album

The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...

 in 1979, it was reissued in 1987 on the Genes label and again reissued along with Mo' Breau

Mo' Breau

Mo' Breau is an album by Canadian guitarist Lenny Breau, released in 1981.-History:Breau signed a three-album deal with Gene Rosenthal for Adelphi Records in 1977, the first of which was produced by Rosenthal and was released as Five O'Clock Bells...

.

Reception

In his review for Allmusic, music critic Michael G. Nastos wrote "Guitar students, this is your homework — find this album."

Track listing

1. "Days of Wine and Roses
   Days of Wine and Roses (song)
   "Days of Wine and Roses" is a popular song, from the 1962 movie of the same name.The music was written by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. They received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for their work...
   
   " (Henry Mancini
   Henry Mancini
   Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor and arranger, best remembered for his film and television scores. He won a record number of Grammy Awards , plus a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1995...
   
   , Johnny Mercer
   Johnny Mercer
   John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others...
   
   ) – 4:37
2. "Toronto" (Lenny Breau) – 5:46
3. "Amy (For Cinde)" (Breau) – 2:26
4. "Other Places, Other Times" (Breau) – 4:22
5. "Five O'Clock Bells" (Breau) – 3:15
6. "Little Blues" (Breau) – 3:44
7. "My Funny Valentine
   My Funny Valentine
   "My Funny Valentine" is a show tune from the 1937 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical Babes in Arms in which it was introduced by former child star Mitzi Green...
   
   " (Richard Rodgers
   Richard Rodgers
   Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II...
   
   , Lorenz Hart
   Lorenz Hart
   Lorenz "Larry" Milton Hart was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart...
   
   ) – 6:12
8. "Visions" (McCoy Tyner
   McCoy Tyner
   McCoy Tyner is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.-Early life:...
   
   ) – 6:08