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Toon Van Vliet ‘57 was recorded by tenor saxophonist Toon Van Vliet in Holland. Coming up in the postwar scene and emulating a flat, raspy sound of some American soul jazz players of the era, he is heard here working here with pianist Pim Jacobs, bassist Ruud Jacobs and drummer John Engels.
The album has four songs and is a lively swing set that includes the compositions Avilla & Tequilla, Airegin, St. Thomas and Yesterdays. Though relatively short in its playing length, lasting a mere 17 minutes and 29 seconds with two songs on either side, the saxophonist begins with a Hank Mobley composition, followed with two by Sonny Rollins and ends with Jerome Kern.
Recorded on September 15, 1957 originally on BVHaast Records 059 and reissued from recordings licensed by the Dutch National Jazz Archives. The liner notes were penned by Wim Van Eyle.
As there are no available recordings of this album’s songs, and the fact that the following recording of Rollins’ Oleo does not appear on this particular album though the artwork is the same, one can still get a sense of Toon’s playing.
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Three Wishes
Walter Davis Jr. got his request for three wishes from the Baroness and he gave the following answers:
- “Knowledge and wisdom, by which I mean complete mastery of myself and my instrument: mentally, physically, emotionally, and technically.”
- “Complete means to all ends. You see? I’ve covered everything in the world, subjectively and objectively, in one and two respectively.”
- “Complete identification – as a Yogi would mean.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter”
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Lucky Strikes is an album led by saxophonist Lucky Thompson recorded on September 15, 1964 at the Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. The session was produced by Don Schlitten as well as the cover design and photograph. The album was originally released in 1965 on the Prestige label.
Eight songs made up the 39 minutes and 25 seconds playing time with all compositions by Lucky Thompson except In a Sentimental Mood (Ellington & Mills), Fly With the Wind, Mid-Nite Oil, Reminiscent, Mumba Neua, I Forgot to Remember, Prey-Loot and Invitation (Bronisław Kaper)
The quartet was comprised of Lucky Thompson – tenor and soprano saxophone, Hank Jones/piano, Richard Davis/bass, and Connie Kay/drums.
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Three Wishes
When Nica asked Bill Hardman what his three wishes were he told her very simply:
- “To play the horn.”
- “A crazy old lady.”
- “Money.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter”
Bill Hardman: April 6, 1933 – December 5, 1990 / Trumpet
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On February 14 and 19, 1969 at RCA Studios in New York City, tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders brought ten musicians together to record his seminal free jazz album Karma. During this time of social and political upheavals of the Sixties, Sanders was just one of the musicians who was a major factor in the emergence of a new stylistic trend in jazz, variously called “free jazz”, “the new thing”, or “energy music”. It was recorded and released for the Impulse! label.
This was the third album by Sanders as a leader and just one of the spiritually-themed albums of the period. The cover design was by Barbara and Robert Flynn and the cover photograph was taken by Charles “Chuck” Stewart. The album had only two compositions by composers Sanders and Thomas: The Creator Has A Master Plan (32:46) and Colors (5:37).
The personnel was Pharoah Sanders, percussionist and vocalist Leon Thomas, Julius Watkins on French horn, James Spaulding on flute, pianist Lonnie Liston Smith, bassist Reggie Workman, Richard Davis and Ron Carter, drummers Billy Hart and Freddie Waits and Nathaniel Bettis on percussion.
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