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Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots (1959)
MP3 ~ 192kbps ~ 98mb
Genre: Jazz / post-bop, avant-garde
Original Release Date: February 4, 1959
Audio CD: March 3, 1998
Time: 68:54
Label: Rhino / Atlantic

Mingus goes to church. A thrilling album of blues and spirituals Mingus style. This 1959 Atlantic recording certainly ... Full Descriptionranks among his very best. Memorable performances of some of the bassist's most soulful tunes such as "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" and "E's Flat Ah's Flat Too." Mingus is joined by an exuberant ensemble including a stellar saxophone section of Jackie McLean, John Handy, Booker Ervin, and Pepper Adams.

AMG:
In response to critical carping that his ambitious, evocative music somehow didn't swing enough, Charles Mingus returned to the earthiest and earliest sources of black musical expression, namely the blues, gospel, and old-time New Orleans jazz. The resulting LP, Blues and Roots, isn't quite as wildly eclectic as usual, but it ranks as arguably Mingus' most joyously swinging outing. Working with simple forms, Mingus boosts the complexity of the music by assembling a nine-piece outfit and arranging multiple lines to be played simultaneously -- somewhat akin to the Dixieland ensembles of old, but with an acutely modern flavor. Anyone who had heard "Haitian Fight Song" shouldn't have been surprised that such an album was well within Mingus' range, but jazz's self-appointed guardians have long greeted innovation with reactionary distaste. After Blues and Roots, there could be no question of Mingus' firm grounding in the basics, nor of his deeply felt affinity with them. Whether the music is explicitly gospel-based -- like the groundbreaking classic "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" -- or not, the whole album is performed with a churchy fervor that rips through both the exuberant swingers and the aching, mournful slow blues. Still, it's the blues that most prominently inform the feeling of the album, aside from the aforementioned "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" and the Jelly Roll Morton tribute "My Jelly Roll Soul." The recording session was reportedly very disorganized, but perhaps that actually helped give the performances the proper feel, since they wound up so loose and free-swinging. With a lineup including John Handy and Jackie McLean on alto, Booker Ervin on tenor, frequent anchor Pepper Adams on baritone, and Jimmy Knepper and Willie Dennis on trombones, among others, Blues and Roots isn't hurting for fiery soloists, and they help make the album perhaps the most soulful in Mingus' discography.

Personnel: Charles Mingus (bass); Jackie McLean, John Handy (alto saxophone); Booker Ervin (tenor saxophone); Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone); Jimmy Knepper, Willie Dennis (trombone); Horace Parlan, Mal Waldron (piano); Dannie Richmond (drums).

Tracks:
1. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (5:39)
2. Cryin' Blues (4:58)
3. Moanin' (7:57)
4. Tensions (6:27)
5. My Jelly Roll Soul (6:47)
6. E's Flat Ah's Flat Too (6:37)
7. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (alternate take) (6:59)
8. Tensions (alternate take) (5:18)
9. My Jelly Roll Soul (alternate take) (11:25)
10. E’s Flat Ah’s Flat Too (alternate take) (6:47)

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Bill Evans Trio - Secret Sessions
8 cd

"Bill [Evans] was being recorded once a year, if that," notes Mike Harris, who surreptitiously recorded all of the music found on this revelatory eight-CD collection, "and this incredible music was just going up in the air 363 days out of 365." Thanks to the sheer devotion (obsession?) of Harris, it wasn't. Harris and his wife were always front-and-center at New York's Village Vanguard whenever Evans brought his trio in for a run, tape machine humming. Evans was notoriously reluctant to record, so, moral issues aside, the release of secret Evans recordings carries even more weight than it would for nearly any other jazz musician. Evans always made bold decisions at the piano in terms of chord voicings and rhythmic innovation--these elements are on display across his body of recorded work. On this set, however, the music itself--the nature of the actual notes and chords that he chooses and the resulting "sound"--is often quite bold, as is his expression and execution (touch) of them. Long pigeonholed as a "cool" pianist, Evans even sounds like Bud Powell at moments! Of course, Evans's amazing beauty and subtlety is in boundless display as well. Spanning 1966 to 1975, the set features the technically stunning Eddie Gomez on bass for all but 8 of the 104 cuts, plus a rotation of seven drummers, each one pushing the music in new directions. Of special note are the nearly two discs' worth of 1967 material with the great Philly Joe Jones at the kit. Dating back to their very brief tenure together in Miles Davis's late-1950s sextet and also Evans's own albums like Everybody Digs and Interplay, the aggressive Jones seemed to inspire the pianist more than any other drummer. Also illuminating is the repetition of favorite numbers throughout the box; to hear Evans reinvent these songs (his own as well as standards) almost every year (if not every month) is nothing short of fascinating.
Like that of any other genre, jazz's history is written primarily by famous recordings, but since jazz is based on improvisation, its recorded history tells a mere fraction of the story. Evans's two classic 1961 Vanguard recordings--Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby--are considered by many to be some of the most wonderful piano-trio recordings in history, yet who's to say the trio (with Paul Motian and Scott LaFaro) didn't improve on them the next day or the next week or even the day before? This collection minimizes that risk, as it were, brilliantly showing the development and progression of a great musician. Evans's genius may be the least obvious of any jazz musician, but it emerges clearly and definitely throughout the course of these eight CDs. "You're never going to hear on record what you may hear live," Evans himself said shortly before passing away. "Our best performance is gone into the atmosphere. We never have really gotten on record that special peak that happens fairly often." Not true, thankfully. --Marc Greilsamer

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From 1966 to 1981, Mike Harris, a successful optical physicist and the world's biggest Bill Evans fan, surreptitiously taped the pianist and his trio whenever they played The Village Vanguard in New York. Remember that the first Bill Evans Trio's ... Full Descriptionlandmark 1961 Vanguard sessions forever changed the very nature of jazz playing itself. As far as these "secret" sessions are concerned, the legalities have now been attended to and the tapes handed over to Evan's original producer, Orrin Keepnews, who has fashioned an indispensable portrait of the artist at work in his natural setting.

Remarkably the sound is quite acceptable, and the balance between instruments is just about right, thanks to the warm acoustics of the Vanguard itself. The resident piano was always well maintained and Evans' beautiful touch is always on display. What is even more remarkable is that Evans' sheer inventiveness and drive never falter through nearly a decade of a distinctly troubled life. (The last CD stops at 1975). We also get to hear the pianist with several drummers, notably the fiery Philly Joe Jones and energetic young Jack DeJohnette. Evan's regular bassist Eddie Gomez provides sterling support and virtuoso solos throughout.

Recorded live at the Village Vanguard, New York, New York between March 1966 and January 1975. Includes liner notes by Orrin Keepnews and Doug Ramsey.

Personnel: Bill Evans (piano); Teddy Kotick, Eddie Gomez (bass); Arnie Wise, Joe Hunt, Philly Joe Jones, Jack DeJohnette, John Dentz, Marty Morell, Eliot Zigmund (drums).

Secret Sessions 1966-1975 CD DISC 1
1. Very Early
2. Round Midnight
3. One For Helen
4. Blue in Green
5. Turn Out the Stars
6. Waltz For Debby
7. Time Remembered
8. Autumn Leaves
9. I Should Care
10. Elsa
11. Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me)
12. My Foolish Heart
13. In Your Own Sweet Way / Five (Theme)
Secret Sessions 1966-1975 Songs DISC 2:
1. Gloria's Step
2. Nardis
3. Someday My Prince Will Come
4. Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me)
5. Come Rain or Come Shine
6. If You Could See Me Now
7. Spring Is Here
8. Re: Person I Knew
9. Sleepin' Bee, A
10. Emily
11. Alfie
12. Walkin' Up
13. You're Gonna Hear From Me
14. Some Other Time
Secret Sessions 1966-1975 Album DISC 3:
1. I'll Remember April
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. I Love You
4. Very Early
5. Time Remembered
6. Round Midnight
7. Stella by Starlight
8. Turn Out the Stars
9. My Man's Gone Now
10. In a Sentimental Mood
11. When I Fall in Love
12. Nardis
Secret Sessions 1966-1975 CD DISC 4:
1. Come Rain or Come Shine
2. Gloria's Step
3. Round Midnight
4. Blue in Green
5. Waltz For Debby
6. Detour Ahead
7. On Green Dolphin Street
8. My Foolish Heart
9. If You Could See Me Now
10. Elsa
11. How Deep Is the Ocean?
12. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
13. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
14. I Should Care
Secret Sessions 1966-1975 Songs DISC 5:
1. Star Eyes
2. Peri's Scope
3. Haunted Heart
4. Airegin
5. Little Lulu
6. Five (Theme)
7. Turn Out the Stars
8. Nardis
9. California, Here I Come
10. Very Early
11. Easy Living
12. Wonder Why
13. Time Remembered
14. You and the Night and the Music
Secret Sessions 1966-1975 Album DISC 6:
1. Beautiful Love
2. Waltz For Debby
3. I Fall in Love Too Easily
4. My Man's Gone Now
5. Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me)
6. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
7. Emily
8. Ev'rything I Love
9. Someday My Prince Will Come
10. Shadow of Your Smile, The
11. Sleepin' Bee, A
12. Blue in Green
13. For Heaven's Sake
14. Love Is Here to Stay
Secret Sessions 1966-1975 CD DISC 7:
1. In a Sentimental Mood
2. How My Heart Sings
3. On Green Dolphin Street
4. My Foolish Heart
5. Stella by Starlight
6. Midnight Mood
7. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
8. I Should Care
9. Autumn Leaves
10. Re: Person I Knew
11. Alfie
12. Very Early
Secret Sessions 1966-1975 Songs DISC 8:
1. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
2. Mornin' Glory
3. Yesterday I Heard the Rain
4. Emily
5. Time Remembered
6. Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me)
7. Dolphin Dance
8. Sugar Plum
9. Turn Out the Stars
10. Quiet Now
11. Waltz For Debby

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This post has been edited by kraig on 14 Jan 2009, 18:18

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სასიამოვნო ალბომია....

Curtis Fuller - Blues-Ette (1959)

Classic Jazz/Bebop

1. Five Spot After Dark
2. Undecided
3. Blues-Ette
4. Minor Vamp
5. Love Your Spell Is Everywhere
6. Twelve-Inch

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By its very nature, the slide trombone is difficult instrument to play, and it takes great technical facility to master this ...
Curtis Fuller, one of the few great jazz trombonists, earned his reputation by being able to belt out fast bebop lines almost as readily as a saxophonist, in a clean, expressive tone. Conversely, Fuller can play in a melodic and understated way too, making him a well-rounded soloist.

A testament to these skills, Fuller's 1959 release BLUES-ETTE is light on its feet. In fact, each exciting-yet-delicate song serves as a wonderful springboard for lively solos by Fuller, tenor saxophonist Benny Golson, and pianist Tommy Flanagan. The jaunty "Five Spot After Dark" and the gently swinging "Love Your Spell Is Everywhere" are the highlights. In addition to offering up nimble horn and piano solos, the record is enhanced by the buoyant drumming of Al Harewood and the subtle work of bassist Jimmy Garrison. Indeed, BLUES-ETTE is fluid and graceful throughout.


This post has been edited by PapaShultz on 14 Jan 2009, 22:52

Charles Mingus Sextet - Live In Paris (1970)


Personnel:
Bobby Jones - Clarinet, Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
Charles McPherson - Saxophone, Sax (Alto)
Charles Mingus - Bass
Dannie Richmond - Drums
Jaki Byard - Piano
Eddie Preston - Trumpet

Tracks:
1. O.P. (Oscar Pettiford)
2. Orange Was the Color of Her Dress...
3. Fables of Faubus
4. Man Who Never Sleeps
5. Ellington Medley...

http://www.link.ge/file/193974/Mingus---19...-paris.rar.html
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Charles Mingus - Reincarnation Of A Love Bird


Tracks:
01 Reincarnation of a love bird
02 Wrap your troubles in dreams
03 R & R
04 Body and Soul
05 Bugs

http://www.link.ge/file/194018/Mingus---Re...e-Bird.rar.html
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Charles Mingus - Mingus At Carnegie Hall


Tracks:
01 C Jam Blues
02 Perdido

http://www.link.ge/file/194041/Mingus--Min...e-Hall.rar.html
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Charles Mingus - Changes One (1975)


Tracks:
01 Remember Rockefeller At Attica
02 Sue's Changes
03 Devil Blues
04 Duke Ellingten's Sound of Love

http://www.link.ge/file/194089/Mingus---Ch...e-1975.rar.html
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Charles Mingus - Changes Two


Tracks:
01 - Free Cell Block F, 'tis Nazi U.S.A.
02 - Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Silk Blue
03 - Black Bats And Poles
04 - Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love
05 - For Harry Carney

http://www.link.ge/file/194119/Mingus---Changes-Two.rar.html

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(ჩემთვის საინტერესო ალბომებიც არის ხოლმე სხვა თემებში. მაგრამ როცა მე შევდივარ თითქმის ყველას ლინკი მკვდარია უკვე...)

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This post has been edited by jazznik on 14 Jan 2009, 23:22

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J. R. Monterose
Jaywalkin'

Tracks
1. Jaywalkin' (J R Monterose) 4:40
2. Spice (Legge) 2:41
3. Bradley's Beans (Legge) 3:20
4. Sugar Hips (Legge) 3:25
5. Brainwasher (Sunkel) 2:45
6. My Old Flame (Johnston, Coslow) 4:53
7. Mood For Mitch (Sharon) 5:17
8. Manhattan (Rodgers, Hart) 3:08
9. Plutocrat At The Automat (Sharon) 3:03
10. Have You Met Miss Jones ? (Rodgers, Hart) 3:18
11. Man On The Couch (Sharon) 3:18
12. There's A Small Hotel (Rodgers, Hart) 3:14
13. Love Walked In (Gershwin) 2:45
14. Darn That Dream (VanHeusen, DeLange) 3:21
15. Slightly Oliver (Sharon) 3:09
16. It Don't Mean A Thing (Ellington, Mills) 3:21
17. A Fine Romance (Kern, Fields) 3:01
18. Mynah lament (Sharon) 5:53
19. That Goldblatt Magi (Sharon) 4:39


Personnel
[#1-6]
JR Montrose - ts
Phil Sunkel - tp
Wade Legge - p
Doug Watkins - b
Bill Bradley - dr
Recorded in New York, 1955
[#8-15]
JR Monterose - ts
Ralph Sharon - p
Teddy Charles - vb
Joe Puma - g
Charles Mingus - b
Kenny Clarke - dr
Recorded in New York, 1955
[#16-19]
JR Monterose - ts
Ralph Sharon - p
Eddie Costa - vb
Joe Puma - g
Milt Hinton - b
Joe Jones - dr
Recorded in New York, 1956

This is an illuminating series of three different sessions from the mid-'50s, where J.R. Monterose surrounds himself with crack players: Charles Mingus, Doug Watkins, Kenny Clarke, Jo Jones, Teddy Charles, Eddie Costa, Joe Puma, Ralph Sharon, and others. The sets are all groovin'-high treatments of everything from hard bop tunes of the era to an set of mostly Rodgers & Hart tunes completely turned upside down lyrically, harmonically, and rhythmically. Mingus, Clarke, Puma, Charles, and Sharon were the band for these cuts. While it begins with a Sharon original, it quickly moves into something wholly different. Mingus is waxing elegant here, invoking the Duke Ellington dictum of transforming everything into something else that's newer and brighter. On "Have You Met Miss Jones," Monterose gives the bassist the nod and he strolls out the melody, accenting it differently on every fourth beat; the saxophonist fills the middles with ostinato and Charles dances around the perimeter of Sharon and Clarke. On Gershwin's "Love Walked In," Sharon and Charles lead the front line, sweeping through the changes at a brisk but not bop pace for the entire melody before Charles solos his ass off on the chorus. Next it's Puma and Sharon, before Mingus and Monterose wax sweetly and loosely with the melody, stretching it to the breaking point before the vibes and piano come in to the rescue — brilliant. The entire record is virtually spotless and the production job is top-notch. AMG

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This post has been edited by kraig on 15 Jan 2009, 12:37

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Charles Mingus - Mingus Dynasty

Charles Mingus (bass)
Teddy Charles (vibraphone)
Don Ellis (trumpet)
Booker Ervin (tenor sax)
Benny Golson (tenor sax)
John Handy (alto sax)
Richard Williams (trumpet)
Sir Roland Hanna (piano)
Jimmy Knepper (trombone)
Jerome Richardson (baritone sax)
Dannie Richmond (drums)

1. Slop
2. Diane
3. Song With Orange
4. Gunslinging Bird
5. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
6. Far Wells, Mill Valley
7. New Now Know How
8. Mood Indigo
9. Put Me In That Dungeon
10. Strollin'

Mingus Ah Um catapulted Charles Mingus from a much-discussed semi-underground figure to a near-universally accepted and acclaimed leader in modern jazz. Perhaps that's why his Columbia follow-up, Mingus Dynasty, is often overlooked in his canon -- it's lost in the shadow of its legendary predecessor, both because of that album's achievement and the fact that it's just a notch below the uppermost echelon of Mingus' work. Having said that, Mingus Dynasty is still an excellent album -- in fact, it's a testament to just how high a level Mingus was working on that an album of this caliber could have gotten lost in the shuffle. There's a definite soundtrack quality to a great deal of the music here, and indeed the majority of Mingus' originals here were composed for film and television scores and an expanded, nine- to ten-piece group. On some pieces, Mingus refines and reworks territory he'd previously hit upon. "Slop," for example, is another gospel-inflected 6/8 stormer, composed for a TV production that requested a piece similar to "Better Get It in Your Soul." The ferocious "Gunslinging Bird" follows a similar pattern, and it's the same piece whose full title -- "If Charlie Parker Were a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats" -- is given elsewhere. There are a couple of numbers from the Ellington songbook that both feature cellos -- "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" and a fantastic, eight-minute "Mood Indigo" -- and a couple of pieces that rely on the even more tightly orchestrated approach of Mingus' pre-Pithecanthropus Erectus days -- "Far Wells, Mill Valley" and the atonal but surprisingly tender and melodic "Diane." The CD reissue of Mingus Dynasty -- like that of its predecessor -- restores the full-length versions of some songs that had portions of solos edited for time on the original LP release

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Clifford Jordan & Ran Blake - Masters from Different Worlds (1989)

Ran Blake (piano)
Clifford Jordan (tenor, soprano sax)
Julian Priester (trombone)
Steve Williams (drums)
Alfredo Mojica (congas)
Claudia Polley (voice)
Windmill Saxophone Quartet

Something to Live For
A Touch of Evil
Arline
Laura
Short Life of Barbara Monk
Vanguard
Julia
Wives and Lovers
Doug's Prelude
Mood Indigo
Recorded December 26-30, 1989

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The Red Norvo Trio - Move!

Red Norvo (vibraphone)
Tal Farlow (guitar)
Charles Mingus (bass)

1. Move
2. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
3. I'll Remember April
4. September Song
5. Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
6. I've Got You Under My Skin
7. I Get A Kick Out Of You
8. If I Had You
9. Godchild
10. This Can't Be Love
11. Cheek To Cheek
12. Swedish Pastry

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Charles Mingus - Mingus Three


Tracks:
01 Yesterdays
02 Back Home Blues
03 I Can't Get Started
04 Hamp's New Blues
05 Summertime
06 Dizzy Moods
07 Laura

http://www.link.ge/file/196812/Mingus---Mi...-Three.rar.html
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Charles Mingus - Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (1977 )


Tracks:
01-cumbia and jazz fusion
02-music for _todo modo
03-wedding march 1
04-wedding march 2

http://www.link.ge/file/196702/Charles-Min...1977--.rar.html
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Charles Mingus - A Modern Jazz Symposium Of Music And Poetry


Tracks:
01 - Scenes in the City
02 - Nouroog
03 - New York Sketchbook
04 - Duke's Choice
05 - Slippers
06 - Slippers (Alt Take)
07 - Wouldn't You
08 - Bounce

http://www.link.ge/file/196816/Mingus---A-...Poetry.rar.html

jazznik

Curtis Fuller - Imagination (1959)


1. Kachin (6:57)
2. Bang Bang (6:11)
3. Imagination (6:49)
4. Blues De Funk (9:10)
5. Lido Road (8:23)

http://www.link.ge/file/196966/Imagination.rar.html

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Prior to the official formation of the Jazztet with trumpeter Art Farmer, trombonist Curtis Fuller and tenorman Benny Golson made several albums together, usually with other trumpeters. This somewhat rare date has trumpeter Thad Jones, bassist Jimmy Garrison, drummer Dave Bailey, and, most significantly, pianist McCoy Tyner in his recording debut completing the sextet. Fuller arranged all five of the songs, four of which were his originals. Although the material (other than the lone standard "Imagination") is unfamiliar, the chord changes inspire the players to create some fine solos. Easily recommended to hard bop fans lucky enough to find this album.
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Curtis Fuller - The Opener (1957)

Classic Jazz/Hard Bop | MP3 192 kbps | 50 MB

Tracklist:
1. A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening - Curtis Fuller, Adamson, Harold
2. Hugore - Curtis Fuller, Fuller, Curtis
3. Oscalypso - Curtis Fuller, Pettiford, Oscar
4. Here's to My Lady - Curtis Fuller, Bloom, Rube
5. Lizzy's Bounce - Curtis Fuller, Fuller, Curtis
6. Soon - Curtis Fuller, Gershwin, George

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The Opener is trombonist Curtis Fuller's first album for Blue Note and it is a thoroughly impressive affair. Working with a quintet featuring tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley, pianist Bobby Timmons, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Art Taylor, Fuller runs through a set of three standards -- "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening," "Here's to My Lady," "Soon" -- two originals and an Oscar Pettiford-penned calypso. The six songs give Fuller a chance to display his warm, fluid style in all of its variations. "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" illustrates that he can be seductive and lyrical on ballads, while the brassy "Hugore" and hard-swinging "Lizzy's Bounce" shows that he can play hard without getting sloppy. His backing musicians are equally impressive; in particular, Mobley's robust playing steals the show. In all, The Opener, along with his three earlier sessions for Prestige and New Jazz, establishes Fuller as one of the most distinctive and original hard bop trombonists of the late '50s.