September - October 2009 - Worlds Records

FRESH SOUND
553 EDDIE ‘LOCKJAW’ DAVIS COUNT BASIE PRESENTS THE TENOR OF EDDIE ‘LOCKJAW’ DAVIS
Broadway • Farouk • Telegraph • Don’t Blame Me • Marie • A Misty One • Save Your Love For Me • Lock-
Up • Street Of Dreams • Swingin’ Until The Girls Come Home • Jack And Jill (*) • Bread (*) • Paradise Squad
(*) • Bootsie (*) • Blues For The Count And Oscar (*) • Fancy Meeting You (*) • Little Pony (*) • Whirly Bird
(*) (Collective Personnel: Count Basie, Shirley Scott, Joe Newman, George Duvivier, Butch Ballard, Paul
Campbell, Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Henry Coker, Benny Powell, Jimmy Wilkins, Marshal Royal, Ernie
Wilkins, Paul Quinichette, Charlie Fowlkes, Freddie Green, Jimmy Lewis, Ray Brown, Gus Johnson, Oscar
Peterson, Ray Brown, Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Wendell Culley, Al Grey) [1952-1957] Bonus Track - (*)
. Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis (1922-1985) has always been one of the super top tenor players in jazz. From the
beginning he had his unique sound and way to improvise, and an original, immediately identifiable tenor
tone. This CD is special for several reasons. The first part is a session that Count Basie produced in 1957 for
‘Lockjaw’ with another Basie alumnus, the great trumpeter Joe Newman. What makes this album unusually
interesting is that Basie plays the piano while Shirley Scott plays the organ. To complete this CD, a special
compilation has been added – eight little-known recordings of tunes when Basie was featuring ‘Lockjaw’ in
his big band (1952-1957) which show that the pair were simply destined for each other musically in one of
the historic comings-together in jazz. [Item Code: 64391 `CD: $16.00]
554 RED RODNEY BORROWED TIMES I Love The Rhythm In A Riff • Taking A Chance On Love •
Dig This • Red Is Blue • Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie • On Mike • The Song Is You • You And The
Night And The Music • Laura • Daddy-O • Hail To Dale • Jeffie • Star Eyes • You Better Go Now • Stella
By Starlight • Red Arrow • Box 2000 • Ubas • Shaw Nuff • Red Hot And Blue • I Remember You • 5709
• Whirlwind • Jordu • Shelley • Two By Two (Collective Personnel: Ira Sullivan, Norman Simmons, Victor
Sproles, Roy Haynes, Tommy Flanagan, Oscar Pettiford, Philly Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, Billy Root, Danny
Kent, Jay Cave, Frank Young) [1955•1957•1959] 2-CD set. Red Rodney recorded an album for Fantasy
(tracks #1-12) in 1955. In 1957 Red signed his recording contract with Signal (tracks #13-15 on CD-1, and
#1-3 on CD-2), are proof of just how much he still had to offer to jazz. He got hooked again for a while after
that, until early 1959, when he made a new and brief - but successful - comeback to the scene, cutting a
new LP, this time for Argo. Remarkably, the three stunning albums included in this set were made while Red
was living on borrowed time. [Item Code: 64361 2-CD: $26.00]
1010 JOE ALBANY LIVE IN PARIS Jerome Kern Medley: Yesterdays - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - All The
Things You Are • Lush Life • Lotus Blossom • ‘Round Midnight • Christmas Song • Isn’t It Romantic - Time
On My Hands • A.B. Blues •Birdtown Birds • A Night In Tunisia • There Is No Greater Love • Barbados
(Trio Personnel: Alby Cullaz, Aldo Romano) [1977] Recorded live at the River Bop, Paris. First 6 tracks piano solo and vocal. Last five tracks
with trio. [Item Code: 12790 CD: $17.00]
1638 ROY ELDRIDGE DIZZY GILLESPIE TOUR DE FORCE Steeplechase (Solos Order: Peterson, Eldridge,
Gillespie, Edison) • Ballad Medley: I’m Through With Love (Soloist: Roy Eldridge) - The Nearness Of
You (Soloist: Dizzy Gillespie) - Moonlight In Vermont (Soloist: Roy Eldridge) - Summertime (Soloist: Dizzy
Gillespie) • Tour De Force (Solos Order: Edison, Eldridge, Gillespie, Peterson) (Personnel: Dizzy Gillespie,
Harry “Sweets” Edison, Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Buddy Rich) [1955] During the JATP
‘golden’ period, 1944-1958, a lot of albums were recorded, live or in the studios. Strangely enough, this
studio session, which remains one of the best ever made in that context, has never been reissued on CD. The
blowing is superb, and every trumpeter is not competing each together but conversing each together, which
is very rare and important to emphasize. We know that neither Dizzy nor ‘Sweets’ were ever eager of these
kinds of settings (battles of the horns). In the contrary, Roy was a king at that. He really loved it. But in this
reunion, he plays more naturally and he’s more relaxed that he used to be, which it gives us a much better
good idea of what he really could do - very well - at that time. Three major soloists in full top form backed
by a firm swinging rhythm section. [Item Code: 64362 CD: $16.00]
2251 SHELLY MANNE AND HIS MEN SEPTET AND QUINTET SESSIONS HERE’S THAT’S MANNE
The Count On Rush Street • All Of Me • Pooch McGooch • Back In Your Own Backyard • Slightly Brightly
• I Don’t Mean A Thing • The Princess Of Evil • Deep People • Mallets • You And The Night And The
Music • La Mucura • Gazelle • You’re My Thrill • Fugue • Afrodesia • Sweets • Alternation • Dimension
In Thirds • Shapes, Motion, Colors • Lullaby • Etude De Concert • Divertimento For Brass And Rhythm •
Grasshopper • Summer Night • Spring Is Here • You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me • Bag’s Groove • My
Old Flame • The Dart Game • Bea’s Flat • Parthenia • Bernie’s Tune • Doxy • Slan • A Gem From Tiffany
• Un Poco Loco • The Wind • Tommyhawk • Moose The Mooche • Pint Of Blues Quartet (Suite In Four
Parts): Part I - Part II - Part III - Part IV • The Gambit (Suite In Four Parts): Part I - Queen’s Pawn - Part II – En
Passant - Part III – Castling - Part IV - Checkmate • Sophisticated Rabbit • Blu Gnu • Tom Brown’s Body •
Hugo Hurwhey (Collective Personnel: Conte Candoli, Art Pepper, Charlie Mariano, Stu Williamson, Russ
Freeman, Leroy Vinnegar, Bob Cooper, Jimmy Giuffre, Shorty Rogers, Bob Gordon, Joe Mondragon, Marty
Paich, Bob Enevoldsen, Curtis Counce, Bill Holman, Joe Maini, Don Fagerquist, Monty Budwig, Bill Russo,
Ralph Pena, Shelby Davis) [1951-1958] 3-CD set. Opening with his first recordings as a leader for Dee
Gee Records in 1951 (Chicago) and 1952 (Los Angeles), this collection covers both these septet sessions
and the great series of all-star septet and quintet recordings made for Contemporary by Shelly Manne and His
Men between 1953 and 1958. Here’s that Manne. Comes with 60-page illustrated booklet.
64400 3-CD: $33.00]
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