felser Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Listening to "Introducing Freddy Gambrell" with Chico Hamilton. Really nice, Tatum-influenced stuff, some of it more in, some more heading out. Have never heard of him before. Anyone have any thoughts or info on him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 Interesting album cover: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonnymax Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Dave James said: Interesting album cover I thought it looked familiar: Gambrell alternate cover: 2 hours ago, felser said: Listening to "Introducing Freddy Gambrell" with Chico Hamilton. Really nice, Tatum-influenced stuff, some of it more in, some more heading out. Have never heard of him before. Anyone have any thoughts or info on him? Never heard of him, but I very much enjoyed listening to the entire album on youtube. Freddie's real name was Federico Cervantes, and discogs.com lists only one other title under his name: Edited January 24, 2020 by sonnymax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Once again Fresh Sound has covered both Gambrell LPs: https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/freddie-gambrell-albums/5431-chico-hamilton-introduces-freddie-gambrell-2-lps-on-1-cd.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 I had the Pacific LP with Tucker and let it go on account of being IMO pretty dull. Nothing terrible but too much like cocktail lounge music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonewall15 Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Also did "Mikado" on World Pacific WP-1262 with Dick Horn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Didn't some of this show up on Kimball)sp?)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 4 hours ago, Clunky said: I had the Pacific LP with Tucker and let it go on account of being IMO pretty dull. Nothing terrible but too much like cocktail lounge music. I share what Clunky said. Not an interesting jazz album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted January 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 3 hours ago, Peter Friedman said: I share what Clunky said. Not an interesting jazz album. Different album than the one I a heard. Mine was the trio album with Tucker and Chico Hamilton, not the duo album with Tucker. Any thoughts on the one I heard? I certainly find something like this to have jazz value, at least in a Gene Harris - Ray Bryant - etc. sort of way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 3 hours ago, felser said: Mine was the trio album with Tucker and Chico Hamilton, not the duo album with Tucker. Any thoughts on the one I heard? I think it's excellent. His "out" tendencies are what make this trio album special — it's much better than the duo album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzcorner Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted August 31, 2020 Report Share Posted August 31, 2020 Listening to the Hamilton-sponsored trio date now. Gambrell sometimes sounds like Tatum, via the same pathways as Andre Previn, sometimes like Herbie Nichols, and sometimes like Jaki Byard. Not what I expected! Also, apparently he played trumpet and recorded on that instrument under the name Federico Cervantes... https://federicocervantes.blogspot.com/2009/03/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted August 31, 2020 Report Share Posted August 31, 2020 He recorded at the piano under the Federico Cervantes name as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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