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The Blues Book was released in 1964 on the Prestige record label. As one of his series of Books, Booker Ervin and his quintet, trumpeter Carmell Jones, pianist Gildo Mahones, bassist Richard Davis and drummer Alan Dawson perform four very different blues. They open with the minor-toned Eerie Dearie, the speedy One for Mort, followed by a low-down No Booze Blooze, and close with the modal True Blue.
The four tunes ran a total of 41.18 and was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder on June 30, 1964 at the Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. The producer, cover design and photography were by Don Schlitten and Ira Gitler wrote the liner notes.
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Three Wishes
When Nica asked Sonny Rollins what his three wishes would be he responded with…
- “Money.”
- “To be able to do what I want to do on the horn.”
- “To have a closer affinity with nature.”
*Excerpt from Three Wishes: An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats – Complied and Photographed by Pannonica de Koenigswarter
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Zoller Koller Solal is a contemporary and cool jazz album recorded in Villingen Germany in January 1965 by guitarist Attila Zoller, tenor saxophonist Hans Koller and pianist Martial Solal. Remaining unreleased until 1966 on the SABA label, it contains nine songs with three composed by Zoller, one by Koller and five standards. There are five tracks on Side A and four tracks on the B Side.
Mr. Heine’s Blues – Attila Zoller, The End Of A Love Affair – Edward C. Redding, Stella By Starlight – Washington & Young, After Glow – Attila Zoller, My Old Flame – Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow, Away From The Crowd – Attila Zoller, All The Things You Are – Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, Stompin’ At The Savoy – Razaf, Goodman, Webb & Samson and H.-J.. Meets M. A. H. – Hans Koller.
The session engineer was Rolf Donner, the producer was Joachim-Ernst Berendt, and was recorded by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer and Willi Fruth. The gatefold cover with liner notes in english and german by written by Joachim E. Behrend.
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Collates No. 2 is a Lester Young album recorded in 1951 on the Clef label but not released until 1953. It was designed by David Stone Martin. The liner notes were written and the recording session was supervised by Norman Granz.
Lester Young led the trio settings on tenor saxophone, the bass provided by Gene Ramey and Ray Brown, the drummers were Buddy Rich and Jo Jones.
This cool jazz session featured eight compositions. Side A with A Foggy Day, Down ‘N Adam, In A Little Spanish Town and ‘Deed I Do. Side B comprised of Let’s Fall In Love, Little Pee Blues, Thou Swell and Jeepers Creepers.
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Natural Essence is the debut album by tenor saxophonist Tyrone Washington released on the Blue Note label. All the compositions are by Tyrone Washington were recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 29, 1967
Only 23 at the time of the recording, the tenor saxophonist composed six originals and is joined by other promising young lions Woody Shaw on trumpet, James Spaulding on alto saxophone and flute, pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Joe Chambers, who went onto great careers.
One hears the influence of John Coltrane during his rapid-fire runs but memorable is his straight-ahead work on the session. The six song session kicks off with the title track Natural Essence, Yearning for Love, Positive Path, Soul Dance, Ethos and Song of Peace.
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