Joe

Agreed! Interesting to compare his work on this instrument to Bob Brookmeyer's and Bob Enevoldsen's. He's much closer to the latter than the former, at least to my ear. This is a nice, heretofore unheard-by-me example of his prowess on his other horn.

Dude could play, especially when he picked up his trumpet. Not quite sure how to characterize his sound, often mellow, even a bit "fluffy" ... I guess there's some Clifford Brown in there, but more measured, certainly less exuberant (hear his contributions to that Elmo Hope Quintet date waxed for Richard Bock) ... maybe some Sweets Edison, too. And Shorty Rogers, duh, but without the overt impishness. And bouncier. Not quite the West Coast Tommy Turrentine, but, like TT, I always look forward to hearing his contributions when he shows up. That includes those Shelly Manne mid-50s LPs (in the company of Charlie Mariano), Pepper Adams' Mode date, Lennie Niehaus' Contemporary recordings, a handful of sessions under his own name/leadership for Bethlehem. Brother of Claude, of course, and, by all accounts, a more troubled individual. But he seemed to have found regular work in Hollywood's studios. So, really, what was his deal?

Charette's new to me... liking what I'm hearing so far. A very subtle player who seems to have listened closely to both Larry Young and Shirley Scott. Will be interested to hear what he sounds like in an ensemble.

Not quite the "female Nick Drake," but close enough.

Nice! I always liked Herbie Mann's work on bass clarinet. Before him, there's Harry Carney and Benny Goodman? Who else?

Indeed!

Records I'd forgotten about...

Some of Evans' best work from the post-LaFaro era, IMO

Sounds surprisingly like late 90s Stereolab at time (if you will pardon that anachronism).

Another vote for PEACE and MR. B. STROLLIN', also on Enja, is very fine, too. Chet revisits Zieff's "Sad Walk" on this date.

Terribly sad news. Condolences to his friends and family.

Fascinating! I always looked to LaRoca's BASRA as the best indication of what a Trane quartet with Kuhn might have sounded like. This weirdly fussy (but not unenjoyable... Kuhn's chops are underappreciated, I think, and, when he goes, out, he doesn't really sound like anybody else... I think it's the shapes he makes...) take on "Impressions" argues for some reconsideration.

Bobby Naughton

I sure hope so!

Not quite sunshine pop, but, hey, it was the punk era. (Yes, the dbs.)

Yeah, I much prefer it to the studio DREAMTIME.