The Bebop Shop : Now's The Time: Bud, Bird & Bebop : Tadd, Fats & More Bebop
This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is mono, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original masters, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) Price: £25.99
This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is stereo, all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal. (Blue Note Records) Price: £25.99
Fruscella who never enjoyed the recognition he deserved, was a poet of the trumpet with a veiled, haunting sound and a touching, very personal approach. The other unsung hero of this date is Brew Moore, a warm, emotional swing player whose musical god was Lester Young.
An addition to this legendary session are two sides recorded in 1955 while the trumpeter was a member of Stan Getzs quintet, full of all the lyrical fire for which the group was celebrated.
Personnel : Tony Fruscella (tp), Brew Moore (ts), Bill Triglia (p), Teddy Kotick (b), Bill Heine (d) - New York, March 22, 1954. Bonus Tracks : Tony Fruscella (tp), Stan Getz (ts), John Williams (p), Bill Anthony (b), Frank Isola (d) - New York, January 31, 1955 (Discovery Records) Price: £17.99
A BEBOP SHOP MILESTONE- An essential recording for your jazz CD shelf Price: £8.99
As an extra this set also contains a previously unreleased broadcast of Mellés quartet from Cafe Bohemia, New York in 1957. (Discovery Records) Price: £25.99
This is not a typical Tadd Dameron date in that his music is not played by a large ensemble or even a quintet. He is represented as a composer but not as an arranger. Yet his pungent themes come through strongly, carried by the searing, probing tenor saxophone of John Coltrane. (Fantasy, Inc.)
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Starting out in the 1940s swing era, writer, pianist, arranger and conductor Tadd Dameron went on to become one of the foremost arranger/composers of the bop era. Amongst the great names he has worked with are:- Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sonny Stitt, Milt Jackson, Fats Navarro, Benny Goodman and Dizzy Gillespie. (AVID Entertainment) Price: £8.99
Audiophile grade 180g vinyl. Price: £33.99
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This 2CD set selects recordings released on the Capitol, Columbia, MGM, Clef, Norgran, and Verve labels featuring DeFranco leading his bands and playing as a member of groups led by Count Basie, Lionel Hampton and Oscar Peterson. Among the top musicians of the day, with whom he plays alongside on the tracks featured here, are Art Tatum, Clark Terry, Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Kenny Drew, Curly Russell, Art Blakey, Milt Hinton, Eugene Wright, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Louis Bellson, Harry Sweets Edison and Barney Kessel. Its an entertaining collection which not only provides a showcase for DeFrancos underestimated virtuosity as a clarinettist, but presents him playing on some notable recordings with some of the finest musicians of the post-war decade. (Trapeze Music) Price: £12.99