The Quarantined Jazz Voyager
Maintaining my social distancing, wearing my mask when I have to go grocery shopping or to my doctor’s office, I remain in quarantine. Pulling down off the shelves is an August 30, 1960 recording titled South Side Soul. It is the debut album by jazz pianist John Wright which was released in 1960 on the Prestige label. The supervising producer on this swinging soulful hard bop date was Esmond Edwards and engineering the session recorded at Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey was Rudy Van Gelder.
TRACKS | 36:06
- South Side Soul (Esmond Edwards) ~ 5:02
- 47th and Calumet (John Wright) ~ 3:57
- La Salle St After Hours (Armond Jackson) ~ 5:21
- 63rd and Cottage Grove (Wright) ~ 4:06
- 35th St Blues (Wendell Roberts) ~ 7:00
- Sin Corner (Jackson) ~ 5:30
- Amen Corner (Roberts) ~ 5:30
- John Wright – piano
- Wendell Roberts – bass
- Walter McCants – drums
During this sabbatical from flying and investigating jazz around the globe, this Quarantined Jazz Voyager wants you to know that live music in clubs and I will be back.
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