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Disc 1 of 2. Excellent stuff.

Disc 2 of 2.

Disc 1 & 2 of 2

Baritone Saxophone – Danny Banks Bass – Milt Hinton (tracks : A1,A2,A3,A4) Wendell Marshall (tracks A5,A6,B1,B2) Bull Ruther (tracks: B3 to B6) Drums – Osie Johnson Guitar – Barry Galbraith (tracks: A1 to A6, B1 ,B2) Piano – Gene de Novi (tracks: B3 to B6) Soprano Saxophone – Hal McKusick (tracks:A5,A6,B1 to B6) Tenor Saxophone – Al Cohn (tracks: A1 to A4) Trombone – Billy Byers Trumpet – Jimmy Nottingham (tracks: A5,A6, B1,B2, Joe Newman (tracks: A1 to A4) Recorded February 1, 1955

Johnny 'Hammond' Smith (org) Virgil Jones (tp) Gene Walker (ts) Eddie Diehl (g) John Harris (dr) Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, September 28, 1966

With Major Holley & Grassella Oliphant rounding out the group

Disc 1 of 2. I've not read the associated book (nor even, at this point, any of the accompanying essay in the liner notes), so I'm just judging this as a listening experience. I'm one who does enjoy listening to that hot rhythm music from time to time and I don't mind the audio defects of vintage recordings. That said, most of this disc reminded me of some "Farmyard Frolic" 1920's animated cartoon in which all this music would be played by rhythmically bouncing cows, pigs and chickens (I'll let you decide which ones play the trumpets, bones and saxes). I will have to give a nod to Paul Whiteman's "Sensation Stomp". It's track 16 here and that was the first one which really sparked some interest from me, due I guess to the noticeable professionalism of the whole affair. Things start getting a little better around track 18, "After You've Gone" by the California Ramblers and then by track 23 we're right in my ballpark with the Bud Freeman Famous Orchestra's "Shimmie-Sha Wabble" and the disc closes out with the the wonderful Miss Lee Wiley. The voice of Miss Lee Wiley, as the kids nowadays so eloquently put it, floats my boat -- quite -- so if she wishes to confess that she has a crush on me, sweetie pie, who am I to stop her? Perhaps Disc 2 will be more to my liking. Great CD and actually my introduction to the artistry of Betty Carter! I saw Lew Tabackin as part of a Sonny Rollins tribute concert put on by SFJazz many years ago. He shared the bill with Joe Lovano, Joshua Redman and David Sanchez. Great show!

I suppose nowadays you could just record every voice on a separate tack, maybe even in different studios in different cities in different months, and then cut and paste it all together to get the "same" result. I have a hunch these guys did it the old school way,, though.

I was listening to this CD last night. Shortly after dusk, while the sky was still rusty gold, but with darkening tints of blue leading up to the oncoming indigo skies, when the air was still warm, but there was a cooling breeze which stirred the trees, right then is when this version of "Summertime" came on: One could not have asked for a better soundtrack for that moment in time . . .

Now I have unholy visions of Lady Day saying, "Eddieeeeeee -- keees me goodnight!"

Wow. Just wow. The man had a fabulous voice. He will be missed. May he Rest In Peace.

This is one album I usually pull out when I need to hear it, instead of just when I'd like to hear it. I needed to hear it right now.

Those four Stanley Turrentine tracks -- the surprising thing is they do not all originate from some Bacharach tribute album he made. No, they come from four totally different albums! Clearly and perhaps surprisingly, Mr. T. had an affinity for the musical world of Mr. B. (McCoy Tyner is on 3 of the 4 Turrentine tracks, so perhaps even way back then the seeds were being sown which would eventually result in his own Bacharach songbook album.) This is a groovy compilation, While nothing here would be considered among any of the given performers' "classic" material, these are generally fun performances.

Still loving this album!

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Y'know what's a catchy tune? This here is. But be warned: one day -- maybe a week from now, maybe a month, maybe a year or more -- you'll find yourself mindlessly humming or whistling this tune and you'll think, "What IS that? Where did THAT come from?" You're welcome.

Lots of talented musicians were on hand for this concert, but for me, the show was stolen by Miss Mildred Bailey and her "Downhearted Blues", yes, yes.

One of my favorite summer songs -- That summer feeling's gonna haunt you the rest of your life . . .

A smooth album, but that doesn't make it smooth jazz. This group still swings. It's a quartet session (with drummer Joe Ascione, rhythm guitarist Corey Christiansen and bassist Tom Kennedy) in which the group was so in the groove that they recorded these 14 tracks in just 4 hours! Some nice arrangements help liven up these classic tunes.