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Al Haig - Al Haig Quartet (1954) {Period–Fresh Sound FSR-CD12 rel 1991}
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© 1954, 1991 Fresh Sound / Camarillo / Period | FSR-CD 12
Jazz / Bop / Piano

This particular album is by Al Haig the pianist Bird and Getz considered the perfect pianist and he was the one they loved the most to play with. And here you can understand why. The album is quite old, I mean it should be an early fifties record, unfortunately in my edition (1991 Fresh Sound) this information is not there. Allmusicguide says it's a 1954 album, and surely it could be correct. The sound is from the era. It is a quartet album and in the fifties it came out on the Period Label.

Al Haig & Jimmy Raney - Strings Attached (1975) {Absord Music Japan ABCJ-438 rel 2007}
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© 1975, 2007 Choice Records | Absord Music Japan | ABCJ-438
Jazz / Neo Bebop / Piano / Guitar

Pianist Al Haig, a veteran of the bebop era, plays pretty modern on this quartet date which is co-led by guitarist Jimmy Raney. With backing by bassist Jamil Nasser and drummer Frank Gant, Haig and Raney interpret two bop standards and such later material as Herbie Hancock's "Dolphin Dance" and Eddie Harris' "Freedom Jazz Dance." Haig and Raney inspire each other to stretch out, including on an 11-minute version of "'Round Midnight." Thought-provoking music well worth hearing several times.

This CD reissue of a Kenny Dorham session that was originally on the Time label features the talented trumpeter and an all-star quintet (with Jimmy Heath on tenor, pianist Kenny Drew, bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Art Taylor) playing six famous themes from the Jerome Kern play Show Boat. All of the melodies ("Why Do I Love You?," "Nobody Else but Me," "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man," "Make Believe," "Ol' Man River" and "Bill") are heard in likable and swinging versions. This is one of Dorham's better sessions from the era and is easily recommended to his fans and collectors of hard bop.