Last Chorus [Limited]

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:44:53
Personnel includes: Ernie Henry, Paul Chambers, Kenny Dorham, Kenny Drew, Benny Golson, G.T. Hogan, Philly Joe Jones, Wynton Kelly, Melba Liston, Eddie Mathias, Thelonious Monk, Lee Morgan, Cecil Payne, Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Arthur Taylor, Wilbur Ware. Recorded between 1956 & 1957 at Reeves Sound Studios, New York, New York. Personnel: Ernie Henry (alto saxophone); Sonny Rollins, Benny Golson (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone); Kenny Dorham, Lee Morgan (trumpet); Melba Liston (trombone); Kenny Drew, Thelonious Monk, Wynton Kelly (piano); Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones, Art Taylor, Wilbert G.T. Hogan (drums). Audio Remasterer: Phil DeLancie. Liner Note Author: Orrin Keepnews. Recording information: New York, NY (09/23/1957); Reeves Sound Studios, New York, NY (09/23/1957). Photographer: Paul Weller. Unknown Contributor Roles: Kenny Dorham; Kenny Drew; Max Roach; Melba Liston; Oscar Pettiford; Paul Chambers; Philly Joe Jones; Sonny Rollins; Thelonious Monk; Wilbur Ware; Wynton Kelly; Benny Golson. Ernie Henry was a promising alto saxophonist who passed away prematurely on December 29, 1957, when he was only 31. He had recorded his album Seven Standards and a Blues on September 30, and four songs for an uncompleted octet date on September 23. This CD reissue has the latter tunes (which feature trumpeter Lee Morgan; trombonist Melba Liston, who contributed "Melba's Tune"; tenor saxophonist Benny Golson; and pianist Wynton Kelly), an alternate take from the Seven Standards set ("Like Someone in Love"), a leftover track from the preceding year ("Cleo's Chant"), the solos of Thelonious Monk and Henry (from the lengthy "Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are"), and an alternate version of "S'posin'" taken from the altoist's final recording (a quartet outing with trumpeter Kenny Dorham). Overall, the music is fine and, surprisingly, does not have an unfinished air about it. It does make one wish that Ernie Henry had taken better care of his health, as he was just beginning to develop a sound of his own. ~ Scott Yanow
録音 : モノラル／ステレオ (Studio)