Bob Russell

Wynton Kelly - Piano Interpretations (1951)
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Genre: Jazz | Year: 1951

The obscure music on this CD has rarely been reissued. Pianist Wynton Kelly is heard with a trio (Franklin Skeete or Oscar Pettiford on bass and drummer Lee Abrams) at the age of 19 when he was working as an accompanist for Dinah Washington.

This collection has some interesting pairings of performer to song, with Isaac Hayes taking on "Lay Lady Lay" perhaps being the oddest, while R.L. Burnside's taut reading of "Everything Is Broken" comes closest to blues heaven…

Open Music was Bob Downes' debut album, recorded for the Philips label in 1969 and his impact on the UK scene was such that he was voted top place in the flute category of the Melody Maker jazz poll's British musician section for three consecutive years from 1972. It has until now never been reissued on CD and rare vinyl copies have attracted high sums in second-hand markets. Although Downes is best known for his flute playing, he is a genuine multi-instrumentalist, playing no fewer than seven instruments on this album, including the less conventional, acetate paper.