Charlie Rouse

[mrjazzman]

Cut #4 on "An Uptown Christmas" by Various Artists on Uptown Records is "We Three Kings" by the Charlie Rouse Quartet, recorded at RVGS in Englewood on 7-7-88 with Santi Debriano, bass, Walter Davis, Jr. piano, Victor Lewis drums and Sahib Shihab. What cd or LP did this appear on. I can't find it anywhere. Was it unissued? I thought I had all his sessions. HELP

Edited September 6, 2013 by mrjazzman

[mrjazzman]

I should have checked jazzdiscography.com before asking for help. Looks like leftovers from the "Soul Mates" session also on Uptown. The other two cuts are Silent Night led by Shihab, and Jingle Bells led by Davis, Jr.

[imeanyou]

I should have checked jazzdiscography.com before asking for help. Looks like leftovers from the "Soul Mates" session also on Uptown. The other two cuts are Silent Night led by Shihab, and Jingle Bells led by Davis, Jr.

I'm a little surprised they would feel like recording Christmas songs in the middle of July, but who knows? 'Soulmates' is a wonderfull date, and Rouse had a top class outfit for it.

[paul secor]

I should have checked jazzdiscography.com before asking for help. Looks like leftovers from the "Soul Mates" session also on Uptown. The other two cuts are Silent Night led by Shihab, and Jingle Bells led by Davis, Jr.

I'm a little surprised they would feel like recording Christmas songs in the middle of July, but who knows? 'Soulmates' is a wonderfull date, and Rouse had a top class outfit for it.

Hey, Mel Torme and Bob Wells wrote the Christmas song on a hot summer day. You can't wait for the cold weather if you want to get the music out for the Christmas season.

[imeanyou]

It occurred to me after my post that yes, all the stuff we consume in the festive season starts life back in warmer weather. I'm out playing tennis while Kenny G. is putting the finishing touches to his latest dollop of multi-platinum pablum.