Callender

The original trippy 1968 album by this US mystical poet-songwriter. Mixing Eastern and Western sounds and drawing on influences ranging from raga to baroque this is a dreamy, evocative song cycle embellished with sound effects and instruments as diverse as sitar, tabla, harpsichord and strings. Incense shrouded, tripped out eastern psych bliss!

The original trippy 1968 album by this US mystical poet-songwriter. Mixing Eastern and Western sounds and drawing on influences ranging from raga to baroque this is a dreamy, evocative song cycle embellished with sound effects and instruments as diverse as sitar, tabla, harpsichord and strings. Incense shrouded, tripped out eastern psych bliss!

The original trippy 1968 album by this US mystical poet-songwriter. Mixing Eastern and Western sounds and drawing on influences ranging from raga to baroque this is a dreamy, evocative song cycle embellished with sound effects and instruments as diverse as sitar, tabla, harpsichord and strings. Incense shrouded, tripped out eastern psych bliss!

Art Tatum, Red Callender, Jo Jones - The Tatum Group Masterpieces (1956) {Pablo Japan, J33J-20035, Early Press}
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© 1956, 1985 Pablo Records / Polydor K.K. Japan | J33J-20035
Jazz / Mainstream Jazz / Swing / Stride / Piano

For this set Art Tatum's group recordings for Norman Granz in the 1950s, the remarkable pianist is teamed with bassist Red Callender and drummer Jo Jones. Due to the presence of his sidemen, Tatum is slightly restricted as far as changing keys and tempos at will, but his playing is still often stunning. Highlights of the trio performances include "Just One of Those Things," "Blue Lou," "I'll Never Be the Same," and "More Than You Know."

Born in Virginia in 1918, George Sylvester “Red” Callender made his first recording at the age of 19 with the Louis Armstrong All Stars. Quite a start for a young teenager who would go on to have a remarkable career playing bass and tuba (which he had started playing at the age of 12), both in bands and as the go to session bass player. In the early ‘40’s he played with the likes of Lester Young, Nat King Cole (featured here on our selection “King Cole Trio”), Errol Garner, Charlie Parker and Dexter Gordon. On another of our featured albums “Speaks Low”, Red introduced the tuba to the jazz world and became known as one of the foremost exponents of the instrument in iazz. Other greats he played with during his career include Art Tatum, Benny Goodman, Billy Eckstine and Charles Mingus and at one point he even turned down a chance to play in the Duke Ellington band, although he did go on to chart success as one of B Bumble and the Stingers!