Chet Baker Quintet - At The Forum Theater (1956)
Tracks:
1. Extra Mild (5:17)
2. Chippyin' (3:19)
3. Tabu (5:34)
4. A Night On Bop Mountain (4:15)
5. Jumpin Off A Clef (5:51)
6. I Can't Get Started (3:06)
7. Down (6:08)
8. Pawnee Junction (3:59)
9. Music To Dance To (4:34)
Personnel:
Chet Baker (trumpet)
Phil Urso (tenor sax)
Bobby Timmons (piano)
Jimmy Bond (bass)
Peter Littman (drums)
Bill Loughbrough (chromatic tympani on #4 and #8)
Recorded at the Forum Theater, Los Angeles July 24th (Tracks 2 & 5), 25th (Track 1) and 31st (All Other Tracks), 1956.
http://rapidshare.com/files/202503161/cb1300-23.rarChet's Choice at
http://home.ica.net/~blooms/vol2no2.htm:Chet Baker was already well known when he played a series of titles with his "Crew" in July, 1956. ...On Chet Baker Quintet At the Forum Theater, Fresh Sound (with the exception of one title) completes the material from this "Crew", which doubtless was one of the most brilliant combos ever to play with Chet Baker. Baker played his trumpet with instinctive sureness. Together with his partners, he shifted between the sound of the Baker/Mulligan Quartet and an enlightened bop-ideal. (The missing title from the Forum performance appears on 'Ensemble' and 'Sextet'.)
Chetbakertribute.com:
Just back from his first European tour, Chet spends the last week of July 1956 in a marathon recording session at L.A.'s Forum Theatre. A series of different sidemen come and go, with distinctly different results. In addition to the sessions listed here, Chet also recorded some of his 'Chet Baker Sings' tracks with Russ Freeman during this week. He also recorded the session that would become 'The Route' with Art Pepper.
The recordings found on these 3 CD's are definitely more bop than ballad. Highlights include "A Night on Bop Mountain" where Bill Loughbrough's BooBams take center stage. ... A lot of the material is original, penned by band members (Urso and Loughbrough) and other Baker associates (Al Haig). You can almost categorize these sessions as a perfect example of "West Coast Jazz".
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Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson - Jazz Maturity (1975)
Tracks:
1. Quasi-Boogaloo (Roy Eldridge/Dizziy Gillespie/Oscar Peterson) 9:03
2. Take the A Train (Billy Strayhorn) 8:08
3. I Cried for You (Now it's Your Turn to Cry Over Me) (Gus Arnheim/Arthur Freed/Abe Lyman) 7:56
4. Drebirks (Roy Eldridge/Dizziy Gillespie/Oscar Peterson) 11:21
5. When It's Happy Time Down South (Clarence Muse/Leon René/Otis Rene) 6:20
6. Indiana (James F. Hanley/Ballard MacDonald) 6:40
Personnel:
Roy Eldridge (Trumpet)
Dizzy Gillespie (Trumpet)
Oscar Peterson (Piano)
Ray Brown (Double Bass)
Mickey Roker (Drums)
mp3
http://www.filefactory.com/file/af3135g/n/Jazz_Maturity_rar Flac
http://rapidshare.com/users/US2GVP/5Teaming together Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Eldridge should result in some classic music, but by 1975, Eldridge (although still a fierce competitor) was past his prime and Gillespie was starting to fade. The material performed for this CD reissue is just not all that inspiring -- a few overly played standards and blues. Despite some good efforts by Gillespie and Eldridge, pianist Oscar Peterson easily emerges as the most impressive soloist; better to acquire the magnificent collaborations of the 1950s instead. - by Scott Yanow, AMG
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