Wynton Kelly: Pot Luck (CD: Charly)
Jazz pianist Wynton Kelly was a masterly accompanist-soloist, culminating in his work with Miles Davis, 1959-63. Not widely heard as a session leader, the content here comes from several Vee Jay albums (1959-61), where Kelly fronts a quintet, comprised of fine trumpeter Lee Morgan and saxist Wayne Shorter, and two other trio gigs. Paul Chambers (bass) and drummers Philly Joe Jones or Jimmy Cobb support throughout. Kelly's sensitive, buoyantly swinging piano is superb, especially on catchy blues themes "Wrinkles," "Sassy," and "Skatin'," and several standards. Nicely packaged album from Charly. Hear also Kelly Blue, on Riverside. (Andrew Clark, Editor, Riffs & Choruses: A New Jazz Anthology. Continuum Publishing.)
Price: £9.99
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