The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
This week the Jazz Voyager is choosing from the library of rare gems seldom heard on this side of the pond. Thanks to the internet, as you listen to the twenty-nine minutes of the album, remember to keep vigilant about the safety of your health and others. On the turntable is the hard bop Jazz De Chambre, a 1954 recording by double bassist Buddy Banks.
Buddy Banks, originally a saxophonist who switched to bass, had arrived in Europe after World War II. On this session he is accompanied by drummer Roy Haynes, pianist Bob Dorough, and guitarist Jimmy Gourley. The leader takes the spotlight in a subtle take of Yesterdays, though a strange clicking mars an otherwise swinging “I Love You.” Banks’ group also offers serviceable interpretations of modern pieces like Gerry Mulligan’s Line for Lyons and Milt Jackson’s Bag’s Groove.
The album was recorded at Geneix Studio in Paris, France and was produced by Frank Ténot. The liner notes were provided by Alain Tercinet with English translation by Martin Davies.
Tracks | 32:56- A Night In Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie / Frank Paparelli) ~ 4:26
- Almost Like Being In Love (lan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe) ~ 3:19
- Bag’s Groove (Milt Jackson) ~ 3:47
- Yesterdays (Otto Harbach / Jerome Kern) ~ 3:29
- I Love You (Cole Porter) ~ 5:58
- Line For Lyons (Gerry Mulligan) ~ 3:46
- You Go To My Head (J. Fred Coots / Haven Gillespie) ~ 4:29
- Buddy Banks Blues (Buddy Banks) ~ 3:27
- Bob Dorough ~ piano
- Buddy Banks ~ double bass
- Jimmy Gourley ~ guitar
- Roy Haynes ~ drums
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