Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Jan. 5

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Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Jan. 5

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded Jan. 5:

Count Basie – Hall of Fame (1956)

Hall of Fame is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie and His Orchestra, recorded in 1956 and first released on the Verve label in 1959.

Track listing

"Blues Inside Out" (Ernie Wilkins) - 6:37
"Big Red" (Wilkins) - 3:50
"Trick or Treat" (Wilkins) - 4:15
"Lady in Lace" (Frank Foster) - 4:37
"Flute Juice" (Wilkins) - 3:09
"Lollypop" (Neal Hefti) - 3:10
"Slats" (Joe Newman) - 4:44
"Move" (Denzil Best) - 3:28
"Dolphin Dip" (Reunald Jones) - 3:14
"Stompin' and Jumpin'" (Wilkins) - 2:49
"Low Life" (Johnny Mandel) - 5:09

Recorded at Fine Sound in New York City on January 5, 1956 (track 2), January 11, 1956 (tracks 1, 3-5 & 8–10), June 26, 1956 (tracks 7 & 11) and June 27, 1956 (track 6)

Personnel

Count Basie - piano
Wendell Culley, Reunald Jones, Thad Jones, Joe Newman - trumpet
Henry Coker, Bill Hughes, Benny Powell - trombone
Marshall Royal - alto saxophone, clarinet
Bill Graham - alto saxophone
Frank Wess - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
Frank Foster - tenor saxophone, clarinet
Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Freddie Green - guitar
Eddie Jones - bass
Sonny Payne - drums
Neal Hefti (track 6), Frank Foster (track 4), Johnny Mandel (track 11), Frank Wess (track 8), Ernie Wilkins (tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 9 10) - arranger

Geri Allen – The Nurturer (1990)

The Nurturer is an album by pianist Geri Allen recorded in 1990 and released on the Blue Note label.

Track listing

All compositions by Geri Allen except as indicated

"Night's Shadow" (Eli Fountain) - 8:26
"No. 3" (Lawrence Williams) - 8:17
"It's Good To Be Home Again" (Williams) - 4:32
"Batista's Groove" (Marcus Belgrave) - 5:24
"Night of Power (For My Daughter Laila)" - 2:19
"Our Gang" (Robert Hurst) - 5:38
"Silence and Song/The Nurturer" - 9:51
"Le Goo Wop" - 1:48
"Lullaby of Isfahn" (Kenny Garrett) - 6:41

Personnel

Geri Allen - piano
Marcus Belgrave - trumpet, flugelhorn
Kenny Garrett - alto saxophone
Robert Hurst - bass
Jeff "Tain" Watts - drums
Eli Fountain - percussion

Reception:

AllMusic’s Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars, calling it “A fine example of Geri Allen’s advanced music (which holds on to tradition without merely recreating the past)”.

The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: “With The Nurturer, Allen develops her interest in structures, the shape, and resonance of compositions, as opposed to straightforward soloing on themes. The arrangements are watertight and quite ambitious… Strongly recommended.”

Josef Woodard, writing for Downbeat, gave The Nurturer 4 stars. Woodard wrote, “Allen’s own solos typically manage an adept balancing act: eloquence and self-examination. The combination is a rare one, and the mark of an artist tethered to her own sense of rhyme and reason—and no one else’s”.

Don Braden – After Dark (1993)

After Dark is a 1994 studio album by the American jazz tenor saxophonist Don Braden. Released on the Criss Cross Jazz label, the album presents a recording taken in New York City on January 5, 1993. Critically well received, After Dark is listed as one of the “Core Collection” albums in The Penguin Guide to Jazz.

Track listing

"After Dark" (Don Braden) – 6:44
"Night" (Braden) – 6:46
"You and the Night and the Music" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 6:38
"Creepin'" (Stevie Wonder) – 7:16
"R.E.M." (Braden) – 5:54
"Stars Fell on Alabama" (Frank Perkins) – 8:03
"Monk's Dream" (Thelonious Monk) – 7:56
"Dawn" (Braden) – 6:04
"The Hang" (Braden) – 9:35

Personnel

Carl Allen – drums, piano
Bob Bernotas – liner notes
Noah Bless – trombone
Don Braden – arranger, flute, tenor saxophone
Darrell Grant – piano
Christian McBride – double bass
Gerry Teekens – producer
Scott Wendholt – flugelhorn, trumpet
Steve Wilson – alto saxophone

David Liebman – The Elements: Water (1997)

17-time Grammy Award winner Pat Metheny plays alongside saxophone virtuoso David Liebman as he leads this remarkable quartet (that includes Jazz architects Cecil McBee and Billy Hart) as they examine the expansive and elusive nature of the primordial element, Water. From impressionistic ballads to tsunamis of sound, David Liebman s, The Elements: Water is probably the most ambitious project of Liebman s career.

Review by Nolan DeBuke

Saxophonist and composer David Liebman has released the first album of a series inspired by the elements, called The Elements: Water. For the album, Liebman uses a quarter of 20-time GRAMMY-Award winner Pat Metheny on guitar, Cecil McBee on bass, and Billy Hart on drums. The material ranges from free improvisations to straight-ahead swing, all in the modern jazz vernacular. Liebman performs on soprano, tenor saxophone, and wood flute, giving an enjoyable sonic range of orchestral colors…

Brad Mehldau – Art of the Trio 4: Back at the Vanguard (1999)

Art of the Trio 4: Back at the Vanguard is a live album by American pianist and composer Brad Mehldau released on the Warner Bros. label in 1999.

Track listing

All compositions by Brad Mehldau except as indicated

"All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 13:44
"Sehnsucht" - 10:48
"Nice Pass" - 17:35
"Solar" (Miles Davis) - 9:54
"London Blues" - 7:37
"I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) - 7:17
"Exit Music (For a Film)" (Radiohead) - 8:53

Personnel

Brad Mehldau - Piano
Larry Grenadier - Bass
Jorge Rossy - DrumsTrack listing

All compositions by Brad Mehldau except as indicated

    "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 13:44
    "Sehnsucht" - 10:48
    "Nice Pass" - 17:35
    "Solar" (Miles Davis) - 9:54
    "London Blues" - 7:37
    "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) - 7:17
    "Exit Music (For a Film)" (Radiohead) - 8:53

Personnel

    Brad Mehldau - Piano
    Larry Grenadier - Bass
    Jorge Rossy - Drums