Gerald Wilson

The Curtis Counce Group - Sonority (1958) {Contemporary CCD-7655-2 rel 1989}
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© 1956-58, 1989 Contemporary Records / Fantasy | CCD-7655-2
Jazz / Hard Bop / West Coast Jazz / Bass

This CD, which adds "Drum Conversation" (a Frank Butler feature) to the earlier LP, contains material taken from bassist Curtis Counce's Contemporary sessions which resulted in three other albums but these particular performances were not released until 1989. Half of the program features Counce's 1956 quintet (which includes trumpeter Jack Sheldon, tenor saxophonist Harold Land, pianist Carl Perkins and drummer Frank Butler) while the remainding selections are from 1958 when the group had Gerald Wilson on trumpet and pianist Elmo Hope (who contributed three originals). "Sonor" and "Landslide" are heard in alternate versions and "Woody'n You" has also been since reissued as a "bonus" cut on the CD You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce. The playing is quite rewarding, and all four of the Counce reissues are easily recommended to hard bop collectors.

Jimmy Scott - Falling In Love Is Wonderful (1962) {Rhino Handmade RHM2 7814 rel 2002}
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© 1962, 2002 Rhino Handmade | RHM2 7814
Jazz / Vocal Jazz / Torch Songs / Modern Jazz Vocals

In 1962, flush with the success of Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Ray Charles signed one of his favorite singers, Little Jimmy Scott, to his Tangerine label with the purpose of supervising an album of ballads. He hired a pair of genial arrangers, Gerald Wilson and Marty Paich (both of whom had recently written charts for Charles), and requested them to aim for the soft strings and muted horns of classic Frank Sinatra performances recorded with ballad masters Axel Stordahl or Gordon Jenkins.

One of the finest vocalists of the 1950s, Dinah Washington could sing just about anything, was a popular attraction for 20 years and was known as the Queen of the Blues. ~ Jazz Heritage

The sixth edition of the fantastic anthology series from the Blue Note Records label, featuring some of the greatest players that ever walked the face of the Earth, like Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Chet Baker, Dinah Washington, Peggy Lee, Miles Davis, Grant Green, Billie Holiday, Cassandra Wilson, Horace Silver, Ike Quebec, Blue Mitchell and many more.

The sixth edition of the fantastic anthology series from the Blue Note Records label, featuring some of the greatest players that ever walked the face of the Earth, like Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Chet Baker, Dinah Washington, Peggy Lee, Miles Davis, Grant Green, Billie Holiday, Cassandra Wilson, Horace Silver, Ike Quebec, Blue Mitchell and many more.