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 | Joe Maini: The Small Group Recordings (CD: Lone Hill Jazz, 4 CDs)
This collection compiles all of alto-sax player Joe Maini’s small group recordings (with the sole exception of the already well known 100-minute Clifford Brown-Max Roach 1954 jam session). The Jane Fielding album and the Joe Maini sextet session, as well as the Shorty Rogers TV broadcast, appear here for the first time ever on CD. The jazz world was shocked in May 1964 when the newspapers announced Maini’s death, apparently as a consequence of playing russian roulette ! A very colourful character, a highly talented musician and a friend and disciple of Charlie Parker, he died at the tender age of 34 - as did Bird. On these sessions, recorded In Los Angeles & New York, 1956-1962, Maini plays with Shelly Manne & His Men, Jack Sheldon Quintet, Red Mitchell Quintet, Kenny Drew Quartet, Jimmy Knepper Quintet, & Shorty Rogers & His Giants & his own sextet. Personnel includes, among others : Bill Holman, Zoot Sims, Teddy Edwards, Conte Candoli, Jimmy Giuffre, Victor Feldman, Red Norvo, Lou Levy, Charles Mingus, Paul Chambers, Red Mitchell, Leroy Vinnegar & Mel Lewis. (Discovery Records)
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Howard Roberts: Good Pickin's (CD: Verve)
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 | Maynard Ferguson: Hollywood Jam Sessions (CD: Fresh Sound)
For these two jam sessions Maynard Ferguson assembled two different groups made up of his friends, musicians with whom he had lived and worked for several years. On the first of the sessions presented on this CD we can hear Bud Shank on alto sax, Bob Cooper on tenor sax, Bob Gordon on baritone sax, Russ Freeman on piano, Curtis Counce on bass, and Shelly Manne on drums. Also on this date Maynard is featured on the piece "Somebody loves me" with a valve-trombone solo. On the segond session, Herb Geller replaces Shank, Milt Bernhart is added on trombone and the rhythm section is now made up of Claude Williamson on piano, John Simmons on bass, and drummer Max Roach, who was living at the time on the West Coast and playing at the Lighthouse. Until then, Maynard has always felt restricted by the standard length of blowing time on recordings, even on supposedly unlimited time records. And, like most musicians he was acutely conscious of the reproduction of sound. He suffered from the lack of both. That's why it can be said that Maynard was never really heard as a soloist before he made these recordings in February 1954. (Fresh Sound)
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Bob Enevoldsen: Smorgasbord (CD: Fresh Sound)
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 | Georgie Auld: Quintet & Septet 1951-1963 (CD: Fresh Sound, 2 CDs)
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Georgie Auld: And His Hollywood All Stars (CD: Fresh Sound)
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 | West Coast All-Stars: Original Jazz Compositions (CD: Lone Hill Jazz)
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Joe Gordon & Scott LaFaro: West Coast Days (CD: Fresh Sound)
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 | Bob Gordon Quintet: Complete Recordings (CD: Lone Hill Jazz, 2 CDs)
This outstanding edition contains the complete recorded discography of Gordon’s collaboration with trombone giant Herbie Harper and composer/arranger/tenor saxophonist Jack Montrose. Drawing from 7 legendary sessions and containing over 149 minutes of music this is unarguably the most definitive compilation of Bob Gordon’s outstanding music to date. (Absolute Distribution)
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Curtis Counce: You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce (CD: Contemporary- US Import)
Curtis Counce, born in Kansas City in 1926, was one of the most underrated bassists on the Los Angeles jazz scene, despite such credits as this album under his own name, a tour with Stan Kenton in 1956, and frequent associations with Gerald Wilson, Jack Sheldon, Harold Land, Al Perkins, and Frank Butler. He was heard on records with Maynard Ferguson, Art Pepper, and Chet Baker, displaying his fine technique and admirable sense of time. On these sides he is presented in the kind of buoyant company that was not often associated with the phrase "West Coast Jazz." Counce died of a heart attack in 1963. (Fantasy, Inc.)
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 | Curtis Counce Quintet: Exploring The Future (CD: Boplicity)
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Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars: Vol.6 (CD: Contemporary- US Import)
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 | Lennie Niehaus: Complete Fifties Recordings Vol.1- Quintet & Octet (CD: Lone Hill Jazz)
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Lennie Niehaus: Complete Fifties Recordings Vol.2- Octet & Quintet (CD: Lone Hill Jazz)
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 | Lennie Niehaus: Complete Fifties Recordings Vol.3- Sextet, Quintet & Octet (CD: Lone Hill Jazz)
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Lennie Niehaus: Complete Fifties Recordings Vol.4- Octet- I Swing For You (CD: Lone Hill Jazz)
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 | Lennie Niehaus: Vol.5- The Sextet (CD: Contemporary- US Import)
In the mid-1950s, Lennie Niehaus avoided cliché, incorporated audacious harmonic ideas, and distilled the essentials of big band writing into arrangements for small groups. His recordings are still notable in the 21st century for their freshness and daring. In this fifth of his series of albums for the Contemporary label, Niehaus set himself the chamber music challenge of achieving proportion among four horns, bass, and drums, without piano to cushion the sound, delineate the harmonies, and unify the ensemble. The result was a collection of pieces performed with gem-like clarity by players who executed his writing perfectly and brought to their solos the creativity that made them star improvisers. Niehaus's alto saxophone playing was at its peak here. His quality was matched by Bill Perkins, Jimmy Giuffre, Stu Williamson, Shelly Manne, and the brilliant, underappreciated bassist Buddy Clark . (Fantasy, Inc.)
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Cal Tjader: Sentimental Moods (CD: Fantasy- US Import)
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 | Bob Brookmeyer: Complete 1953-1954 Quintet Studio Recordings With Stan Getz (CD: Definitive, 2 CDs)
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Bob Brookmeyer & The Stockholm Jazz Orchestra: Dreams (CD: Dragon)
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John T. Williams: Jazz Beginnings (CD: Fresh Sound, 2 CDs)
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John Williams Trio: Complete Master Takes 1954-1955 (CD: Fresh Sound)
These trio recordings, made in 1954 and 1955, are the only ones pianist John Williams made as a leader in his entire career. Influenced by Horace Silver, Bud Powell and Hank Jones, Williams is most remembered for his very fine recordings with the Stan Hetz Quintet. However, and despite his talent, today he remains a pianist relatively unknown for many people; but those who had the chance to have him as accompanist and all those who enjoyed his stabbing and leanly imaginative playing as a soloist, surely have not forgotten it. (Fresh Sound Records)
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 | Don Fagerquist Octet: Music To Fill A Void (CD: Mode/ VSOP)
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Don Fagerquist Octet: Music To Fill A Void (Vinyl LP: Mode/ VSOP)
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Bill Perkins featuring Victor Feldman: Quietly There (CD: Riverside- US Import)
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 | Bill Perkins & Frank Strazzeri: Warm Moods (CD: Fresh Sound)
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Lighthouse All Stars: Eight Brothers (CD: Candid)
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 | Richie Kamuca Quartet (CD: Mode/ VSOP)
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Marty Paich Quartet featuring Art Pepper (Vinyl LP: Tampa/ VSOP)
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 | Frank Rosolino Quartet featuring Sonny Clark: Complete Recordings (CD: Lone Hill Jazz)
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Frank Rosolino & Carl Fontana: Trombone Heaven, Vancouver, 1978 (CD: Uptown- US Import)
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 | Frank Rosolino Quintet (Vinyl LP: Mode/ VSOP)
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Jimmy Rowles Septet: Weather In A Jazz Vane (Vinyl LP: Andex/ VSOP)
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 | Stan Levey Quintet (Vinyl LP: Mode/ VSOP)
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