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Dave McKenna - Blues Up - Piano Solo (1955, 1963) {Fresh Sound Records FSR-CD-463 rel 2007}
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© 1955, 1963, 2007 Fresh Sound Records | FSR-CD-463
Jazz / Mainstream Jazz / Standards / Stride / Piano

Dave McKenna made a remarkably piano solo debut in 1955 with the fifteen tunes he recorded for ABC Paramount (1-15). The remaining tracks on this compilation also come from a solo album, one he cut almost eight years later for the label Realm. Playing without a rhythm section, a key challenge for a jazz pianist, McKenna accomplished a recital of lasting value and pleasure. He plays with strength, individuality, fine beat and technique, and constant taste in all tempos. He is a wonderfully co-ordinated two-handed pianist.

Wade Legge Trio - Wade Legge Trio (2016) {Fresh Sound FSR-CD 894 rec 1953-55}
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© 1953-55, 2016 Vogue / Fresh Sound Records | FSR-CD 894
Jazz / Bop / Hard Bop / Piano

The Fresh Sound label is one of the major reissue record companies, also releasing new music on their Fresh Sound New Talent subsidiary. Fresh Sound, under the direction of the tireless Jordi Pujol, has repackaged and reissued a great deal of very valuable jazz from the 1950s and early 1960s. In addition to the major names, some of their most intriguing sets focus on obscure figures from jazz history whose music has been out-of-print for decades.

Johnnie Pate Trio - Complete Recordings 1955-1956 (2013) {Fresh Sound FSR-CD 814}
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© 1955-56, 2013 Fresh Sound Records | FSR-CD 814
Jazz / Bop / Cool / Soul Jazz / Bass

John W. Johnnie Pate (born December 5, 1923, Chicago Heights, Illinois) enjoyed a notable career as a bassist from the late 40s up until the early '60s in the Chicago area, gaining a solid reputation as a strong player in the Oscar Pettiford mold and enlightened composer. On these 1954-1956 sessions for the Talisman and Gig labels, he leads a trio featuring Ronnell Bright, who was a swift, resourceful young pianist whose style recalls the early Oscar Peterson. With drummer Charles Walton, this bright, polished and swinging trio began to be recognized while working first at the London House and then at the Blue Note, where they were the house band in 1954-1955 accompanying great singers such as Lurlean Hunter, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Audrey Morris and Carmen McRae.

Eddie Duran - Jazz Guitarist: Modern Music From San Francisco (2017) {Fresh Sound FSR-CD 924 rec 1955-1957}
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© 1955-57, 2017 Fantasy / Jazz Records / Fresh Sound Records | FSR-CD 924
Jazz / Cool / Bebop / Guitar

Born in San Francisco in 1925, Eddie Duran is an unfairly neglected jazz guitarist and a soloist full of imagination and heart who was already playing professionally at 15. To this day he considers himself an “ear player,” despite having played and recorded with Vince Guaraldi, Red Norvo, Cal Tjader, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, George Shearing, Earl “Fatha” Hines and Benny Goodman, in the heyday of the San Francisco bebop scene.

Bill Jennings - The Complete Bill Jennings On Prestige 1959-1960 with Brother Jack McDuff (2018) {Fresh Sound FSR-CD 973}
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© 1959-60, 2018 Prestige / Fresh Sound Records | FSR-CD 973 | 24bit remastering
Jazz / Hard Bop / Jazz Blues / Soul Jazz / Guitar / Organ

Bill Jennings was a very short man, but a giant on guitar—entirely self-taught, his attack and phrasing were astoundingly sax-like. As a jazz musician, he always insisted on soul as well as sound. That is not to say that he was not a perfectionist and a precisionist, for indeed he was. Although an ardent admirer of the great guitars in jazz, Jennings was always biased towards reeds and (admittedly a frustrated saxophonist) claimed that his style had been heavily influenced by Charlie Parker and Herschel Evans.

Al Caiola And Friends - Deep In A Dream & Serenade In Blue (2016) {Fresh Sound Records FSR-CD 892 rec 1955}
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© 1955, 2016 Savoy / Fresh Sound Records | FSR-CD 892
Jazz / Cool / Guitar

When guitarist Al Caiola (1920) moved to New York after graduating he was quickly hired as a staff musician by CBS, where his skill and adaptability guaranteed him a heavy radio and TV schedule until he left in 1956; he was, in fact, one of the busiest, most successful and respected session men in New York City throughout the 1950s and 1960s. In 1955, at the peak of his success, he recorded “Deep in a Dream” and “Serenade in Blue” for Savoy Records, two albums which focused on a meticulous and reverent treatment of a collection of well-known standards and of his own originals. Technically impeccable, on these Caiola is backed by an excellent rhythm section, with pianist Hank Jones demonstrating his usual warmth and skill, aided by drummer Kenny Clarke and bassist Clyde Lombardi.

Bud Shank Quintet & Sextet - New Groove & Barefoot Adventure (1961) {Fresh Sound Records FSR-CD 678 rel 2011}
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© 1961, 2011 Pacific Jazz / Fresh Sound Records | FSR-CD 678 | 24bit remaster
Jazz / Cool / Hard Bop / Saxophone

The two albums included here, New Groove, and Barefoot Adventure, present Bud Shank not only on alto sax, but also on baritone, an instrument he had played in clubs and as a sideman in sporadic studio sessions since the early 50s, but never before on his own recording dates. And while his alto has his customary command and fluency, his work on the less familiar baritone is equally impressive, the sound hard and driving, with expressive use of dynamics.

Stan Getz - Quartet 1960 - Live In Amsterdam, Dusseldorf & Zurich (2016) {Fresh Sound Records FSR-CD 897 rec 1960}
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© 1960, 2016 Fresh Sound Records | FSR-CD 897 | 24bit remastering
Jazz / Cool / West Coast Jazz / Saxophone

Stan Getz, one of the most gifted and influential of American jazzmen of his time and a consistent favorite of the U.S. public, was living since July 1958 in a small town outside Copenhagen, where he had started a new life. Like many American expatriate jazzmen, he found the relaxed European lifestyle more conducive to his creativity; there was more time to develop and try out new ideas. It was to prove an artistically flourishing and assertive time for him.

Lee Morgan & Clifford Jordan Quintet - Live In Baltimore 1968 (2014) {Fresh Sound FSR-CD 824}
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© 1968, 2014 Fresh Sound Records | FSR-CD 824
Jazz / Hard Bop / Trumpet / Saxophone

Lee Morgan’s first meeting on record with Clifford Jordan was in June 1957, when Morgan was about to turn nineteen and Jordan had just begun making a name for himself. After their first collaboration, the precocious Morgan occasionally called Jordan to play tenor on his recordings; thus they recorded together twice in 1960 and once in January 1962.

Michel de Villers - Low Reed - Complete Small Group Sessions 1946-1956 (2018) {Fresh Sound FSR-CD 951}
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© 1946-56, 2018 Fresh Sound Records | FSR-CD 951
Jazz / Bebop / Swing / Saxophone

Michel de Villers (1926-1992) was one of the most influential French reed players in modern jazz, known by most of his fellow musicians by his nickname: “Low reed.” From a very young age, de Villers excelled on alto sax and clarinet. After gaining the attention of fans and musicians as an amateur, he was hired by Django in 1946. Shortly afterwards he began recording as a leader, improvising with cohesive drive and swinging passion, with a clear tone and vocabulary straight from the leading swing alto players—Benny Carter, Willie Smith and Johnny Hodges.