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VA - 50's 120 Original Hits (2010) 6 CD
MP3 320 CBR kbps | Tracks: 120 | 05:05:54 | 752 Mb + 3% Recovery
Genre: Rock`n`Roll, Jazz, Blues | Label: EMI

125 original hits of the '50's. Includes tracks from Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley, Judy Garland, Julie London, Al Martino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent, The Flamingos and many, many more. EMI. 2010.

When he recorded this album, his lone date as a leader, trumpeter Tommy Turrentine (who was a member of Max Roach's group along with his brother, the soon-to-be famous tenor Stanley Turrentine) seemed to have a potentially great future. Unfortunately, ill health would eventually force his retirement. Turrentine's set for Time (which has been reissued on CD by Bainbridge) actually features the musicians of Roach's quintet (including brother Stanley, trombonist Julian Priester, bassist Bob Boswell, and Roach himself) plus pianist Horace Parlan. The trumpeter contributed five of the seven songs (which are joined by Horace Parlan's "Blues for J.P." and Bud Powell's "Webb City") on this fine straight-ahead hard bop set. All of the musicians play up to par and the results are swinging and fit securely into the modern mainstream of the time.