The Prestige Legacy Vol. 2: Battles Of The Saxes

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合計収録時間 : 01:17:20
Recorded between 1949 & 1964. Includes liner notes by Larry Hollis. Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (2000, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). Personnel: Jerome Richardson (flute); John Coltrane, Sonny Stitt (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Eric Dolphy, Gene Quill, Hal Stein, Jackie McLean, John Jenkins , Oliver Nelson, Phil Woods, Sahib Shihab, Sonny Criss (alto saxophone); Coleman Hawkins, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , Gene Ammons, Al Cohn, Allen Eager, Paul Quinichette, Sonny Rollins, Wardell Gray, Booker Ervin, Brew Moore, Buddy Tate (tenor saxophone); Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone); Clark Terry (trumpet); Duke Jordan, Walter Bishop, Sr., Jimmy Bunn, Junior Mance, Mal Waldron, Red Garland, Richard Wyands, Wade Legge (piano); Chuck Thompson, Charles Perry , Jo Jones , Louis Hayes, Philly Joe Jones, Roy Haynes, Arthur Edgehill, Ben Riley (drums). Audio Remasterer: Joe Tarantino. Recording information: Hula Hut Club, Los Angeles, CA (04/08/1949-08/25/1964); Minton's Playhouse, New York, NY (04/08/1949-08/25/1964); New York, NY (04/08/1949-08/25/1964); Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (04/08/1949-08/25/1964); Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, N.J (04/08/1949-08/25/1964). From the late '40s through the '60s, a popular jazz album format was the "blowing session," in which two or more sax players would sit in with a combo and try to outdo one another. Get the right players together and right vibe going, and the results could be spectacular. This collection presents a nice overview of the development of the blowing session with 11 tracks presented in chronological order, starting with a great five-man session from 1949 featuring Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Allen Eager, and Brew Moore, and ending with a slowly simmering blues match between Sonny Stitt and Booker Ervin, recorded in 1964. But some of the most exciting moments come in between -- Oliver Nelson and Eric Dolphy get completely nuts on the boppish Nelson composition "Alto-Itis," and there is a not-to-be-missed clash between tenor titans Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane on "Tenor Madness." Highly recommended. ~ Rick Anderson
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