“Jam Session” is the only album I’ve heard that presents Charlie Parker in familiar company with room to stretch out and with microphones capable of capturing the moment with the versimilitude expected by today’s listeners. [More]
Track listing: A1 What Is This Thing Called Love (C. Porter) 15:53 B1 Funky Blues (Oscar Peterson) 13:46 Personnel: Benny Carter, Charlie Parker, Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone Ray Brown – bass J.C. Heard – [More]
“Here is an LP long overdue to be reissued on CD; in fact, that statement can be made about all of producer Norman Granz’s studio jam sessions. Quite an all-star cast was assembled for the [More]
There is something inherent in the saxophone’s tonal capabilities which enables it to suggest romance or blissful calm, a languorous quality which, in the hands of the right musicians, can create an alluring mood. [More]
A very good sample of Flip Phillips works from the ’40s. Track listing: A1 A Melody From The Sky 3:08 A2 Stompin’ At The Savoy 2:34 A3 Sweet And Lovely 4:59 A4 Swingin’ For Popsie [More]
Track listing: A1 Lester Leaps In (CP) 0:00 A2 How High The Moon (LY) 2:43 A3 Out Of Nowhere (CP) 7:09 A4 Laura (CP) 11:18 B1 Lester Leaps In (LY) 14:20 B2 Destinatinon Moon (LY) [More]
Track listing: A1 Flip Phillips Sextet If I Had You 3:00 A2 Flip Phillips Sextet Cotton Tail 3:12 A3 Flip Phillips Sextet Blues For The Midgets 3:14 A4 Flip Phillips Sextet What Is This Thing [More]
Flip Phillips Quartet – But Beautiful (1949) “But Beautiful” (Jimmy Van Heusen) Personnel: Flip Phillips – tenor saxophone Mickey Crane – piano Ray Brown – bass Jo Jones – drums
“Embraceable You” (George Gershwin) Jazz at the Philharmonic , Carnegie Hаll, NYC, 17 Sерtеmbеr 1949 Jаzz at thе Phіlhаrmоnіс, оr JATP (1944–1983), wаѕ thе tіtlе оf a ѕеrіеѕ оf jazz concerts, tоurѕ аnd rесоrdіngѕ produced by [More]
