The Bebop Singers

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Performers include: King Pleasure, Eddie Jefferson, Joe Hendricks, Annie Ross, Joe Carroll, Betty Carter, Blossom Dearie. Personnel: Dizzy Gillespie (vocals, trumpet); Eddie Jefferson, Irv Taylor, Joe Carroll, Jon Hendricks, King Pleasure, Annie Ross, The Three Riffs, Betty Carter, Blossom Dearie (vocals); Lem Davis, Jimmy Heath, James Moody , Anthony Ortega (alto saxophone); Charles Ferguson, Harold Land, Jimmy Oliver, Lucky Thompson, Seldon Powell, Teddy Edwards, Ray Abrams, Carter Jefferson (tenor saxophone); Bill Graham (baritone saxophone, brass); Danny Bank , Pee Wee Moore, Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone); Dave Burns, Eddie Lewis, Merrill Stepter, Woody Shaw (trumpet); J.J. Johnson , William Shepherd , Jimmy Cleveland, Kai Winding, Matthew Gee (trombone); Cedar Walton (piano, keyboards); John Lewis, Jimmy Boyd , Gerald Wiggins , Teacho Wiltshire, Jimmy Jones , Milt Jackson, Quincy Jones (piano); Roger "Ram" Ramirez (organ); Teddy Lee, Earl Palmer , Al Jones , Joe Harris , Kenny Clarke, Alan Dawson , Art Blakey, Herb Lovelle (drums); Tony Waters (congas). Audio Remasterer: Joe Tarantino. Recording information: New York, NY (09/16/1950-03/28/1973); New York, NY (10/09/1952-02/20/1953). Director: Quincy Jones. Unknown Contributor Role: Clarence Johnson . Arranger: Quincy Jones. Drawing almost entirely upon the Prestige archives, with one detour to the Hifijazz label, Fantasy has managed to touch most of the bases of early-'50s vocalese on one invaluable disc. Inevitably, attention clusters around a handful of singers -- King Pleasure, Eddie Jefferson, Annie Ross, Jon Hendricks, Irv Taylor, and Joe Carroll -- but there are also cameo appearances by the irrepressible Dizzy Gillespie ("She's Gone Again"), a young Betty Carter (with King Pleasure), and Blossom Dearie (also with Pleasure). A number of original landmarks are here: Pleasure's "I'm in the Mood for Love" and "Jumpin' With Symphony Sid," and Ross' still-freshly minted "Twisted." Contrary to the upbeat vocalese image, one is struck here by the quantity of despairing lyrics sung to happy music; Jefferson seems especially prone to depression. The disc does jump outside its period to take in some fine Hendricks remakes of "Moanin'" and "Along Came Betty" with Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers; without looking at the dates, you can guess the era from Cedar Walton's swinging electric piano on "Moanin'." For collectors, eight of the 23 tracks are new to CD, all tracks from a Prestige LP anthology of the same name; no unreleased goodies, though. Anyone who wants to evoke the feeling of the jazz ethos of the '50s will probably flip over this reissue. ~ Richard S. Ginell