samedi 29 novembre 2025

CURTIS FULLER'S QUINTET ~ Blues ette (1959)


01. Five Spot After Dark (Benny Golson)
02. Undecided (Sydney Robin, Charlie Shavers)
03. Blues-ette (Curtis Fuller)
04. Minor Vamp (Benny Golson)
05. Love Your Spell Is Everywhere (Edmund Goulding, Elsie Janis)
06. Twelve-Inch (Curtis Fuller)

Personnel:
Curtis Fuller - trombone
Benny Golson - tenor saxophone
Tommy Flanagan - piano
Jimmy Garrison - bass
Al Harewood - drums

Recorded on May 21, 1959
at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
Ozzie Cadena - producer


"Fuller and Golson form a very harmonious trombone/saxophone duo, 
with fluid and refined styles that complement each other perfectly. 
Blues Ette is a sunny jazz stroll, this album should be mentioned 
by default and without hesitation as a jazz classic, on a par with 
Sonny Clark's Cool Struttin'.
Completely agree with Zappaholic (RYM).




dimanche 23 novembre 2025

jeudi 20 novembre 2025

SONNY CLARK ~ My Conception (1957-1959)


*Recorded on March 29, 1959 
01. Junka (Sonny Clark) 
02. Blues Blue (Sonny Clark) 
03. Minor Meeting (second version) (Sonny Clark)
04. Royal Flush (Sonny Clark) 
05. Some Clark Bars (Sonny Clark)
06. My Conception (Sonny Clark)
>Personnel:
Sonny Clark - piano
Donald Byrd - trumpet 
Hank Mobley - tenor saxophone
Paul Chambers - bass
Art Blakey - drums

 +bonus tracks

*Recorded on Recorded on December 8, 1957
07. Minor Meeting (first version MONO) (Sonny Clark)
08. Eastern Incident (MONO) (Sonny Clark)
09. Little Sonny (MONO) (Sonny Clark)
>Personnel:
Sonny Clark - piano
Kenny Burrell - guitar
Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
Paul Chambers - bass
Pete LaRoca - drums

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack
on Recorded on December 8, 1957 & March 29, 1959
Rudy Van Gelder - engineer
Alfred Lion - producer



mardi 11 novembre 2025

Les Tresors Du Jazz 1954 

[Disc 45] (Le Chant du Monde 2005)




"Bag's Groove"



1955 to follow...








MILES DAVIS ~ Bags Groove (1954)


*Décember 24, 1954
01. Bags' Groove (take 1) (Milt Jackson) 
02. Bags' Groove (take 2) (Milt Jackson)

*June 29, 1954
03. Airegin (Sonny Rollins) 
04. Oleo (Sonny Rollins)
05. But Not for Me (take 2) (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)
06. Doxy (Sonny Rollins) 
07. But Not for Me (take 1) (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 

Personnel:
*June 29, 1954
Miles Davis — trumpet
Sonny Rollins — tenor saxophone
Horace Silver — piano
Percy Heath — bass
Kenny Clarke — drums

*December 24, 1954
Miles Davis — trumpet
Thelonious Monk — piano
Milt Jackson — Vibes
Percy Heath — bass
Kenny Clarke — drums

Recorded: June 29 & December 24, 1954
at Hackensack, New Jersey
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Producer: Bob Weinstock

"Two fantastic Miles Davis Quintets from 1954, one of Miles Davis's first great masterpieces, yet compositions by Milt Jackson, Sonny Rollins & George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, improvisation and groove at their best. A truly great album!"