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Dexter Gordon - Round Midnight (1986) {Columbia–Legacy 507924 2 rel 2002}
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© 1986, 2002 Columbia / Legacy / Sony Music | 507924 2
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Stage & Screen / Saxophone

After seeing "Round Midnight," I knew I had to buy the soundtrack, and if you too have seen the movie, you know what I mean. All the recordings on here were recorded live for the movie, which gives it a great intimate feeling. At the same time, the sound quality on this particular CD is surprisingly good.

Jimmy Smith & Oliver Nelson - Peter & The Wolf (1966) {Verve by Request Series, 547 264-2 rel 1999}
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© 1966, 1999 Verve / PolyGram | 547 264-2
Jazz / Classical / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Modern Arrangement

Yeah this is another album there Jimmy Smith is working with Oliver Nelson and his orchestra, and this album is based on Serge Prokofiev's Peter & The Wolf and the first four minutes is the Prokofiev music, but the rest is credit to the great Oliver Nelson and he even wrote about it in the liner notes too, yeah this is nice piece of music written by the fantastic Oliver Nelson based upon the feeling that Prokofiev once provide.

Charlie Parker - Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 15 (1945, 1950) {Philology W 845.2 rel 1999}
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© 1945, 1950, 1999 Philology | W 845.2
Jazz / Bop / Bebop / Big Band / Saxophone

Charlie Parker was a legendary Grammy Award–winning jazz saxophonist who, with Dizzy Gillespie, invented the musical style called bop or bebop. Charlie Parker was born on August 29, 1920, in Kansas City, Kansas. From 1935 to 1939, he played the Missouri nightclub scene with local jazz and blues bands. In 1945 he led his own group while performing with Dizzy Gillespie on the side. Together they invented bebop. In 1949, Parker made his European debut, giving his last performance several years later. He died a week later on March 12, 1955, in New York City.

Charlie Parker - Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 17 (1945-1951) {Philology W 847.2 rel 1999}
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© 1945-51, 1999 Philology | W 847.2
Jazz / Bop / Bebop / Big Band / Saxophone

Charlie Parker was a legendary Grammy Award–winning jazz saxophonist who, with Dizzy Gillespie, invented the musical style called bop or bebop. Charlie Parker was born on August 29, 1920, in Kansas City, Kansas. From 1935 to 1939, he played the Missouri nightclub scene with local jazz and blues bands. In 1945 he led his own group while performing with Dizzy Gillespie on the side. Together they invented bebop. In 1949, Parker made his European debut, giving his last performance several years later. He died a week later on March 12, 1955, in New York City.

Lucy Reed - This Is Lucy Reed (1957) {Fantasy OJCCD-1943-2 rel 2001}
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© 1957, 2001 Fantasy / OJC | OJCCD-1943-2
Jazz / Vocal Jazz / Standards / Bop

In a perfect world, Lucy Reed would have been much better-known and would have built a large catalog. But regrettably, the obscure Midwestern jazz singer never became well-known, and she only recorded a few albums. Recorded at various sessions in January 1957, This Is Lucy Reed is the second of two albums she provided for Fantasy. This album, which Fantasy reissued on CD in 2001, finds Reed backed by some of bop's heavyweights, including trumpeter Art Farmer, trombonist Jimmy Cleveland, bassist Milt Hinton, arranger George Russell (who is heard on drums), and arranger Gil Evans (who plays piano on four selections).

Sam Jones plus 10 - The Chant (1961) {Riverside OJCCD-1839-2 rel 1994}
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© 1961, 1994 Riverside / OJC / Fantasy | OJCCD-1839-2
Jazz / Hard Bop / Bass

Bassist Sam Jones's Riverside recordings have long been underrated. This CD reissue features Jones on bass and cello for four songs apiece with a particularly strong supporting cast including cornetist Nat Adderley, trumpeter Blue Mitchell, trombonist Melba Liston, altoist Cannonball Adderley (who only takes one solo) and Jimmy Heath on tenor; Victor Feldman and Heath provided the colorful arrangments. Highlights include "Four," "Sonny Boy," Jones's "In Walked Ray" and "Over the Rainbow" but all eight selections in this straightahead set are rewarding.

Phil Woods - European Rhythm Machine - Americans Swinging In Paris (1968) {EMI 7243 539654 2 rel 2002}
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© 1968, 2002 EMI Music France | 7243 539654 2
Jazz / Hard Bop / Post Bop / Saxophone

A fantastic record – easily one of Phil Woods' greatest! The album was cut during a time when Woods was living and working in France – and it's got a French rhythm section backing him up, one that features George Gruntz on piano, Henri Texier on bass, and Daniel Humair on drums, all grooving in an incredibly soulful way that opens up Woods' solos tremendously, without introducing any of the hoke and squonk that marred them a few years later. This set's got Woods at a perfect point – still with all the sharp-edged tone of earlier days, but exploring just a bit more freedom of expression, opening up on the album's long tracks in an incredibly creative way that really leaves us breathless. A gem – and the kind of record that will make you realize what a genius that Woods can be when he wants!