George Wallington Quintet - Jazz For The Carriage Trade

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 35:46
Size: 81.9 MB
Styles: Bop, Piano jazz
Year: 1991/2012
Art: Front

[5:32] 1. Our Delight
[5:27] 2. Our Love Is Here To Stay
[5:03] 3. Foster Dulles
[6:47] 4. Together We Wail
[7:07] 5. What's New
[5:48] 6. But George

During 1956-57 trumpeter Donald Byrd and altoist Phil Woods (both important up-and-coming players) were regular members of pianist George Wallington's quintet. For this CD reissue, bassist Teddy Kotick and drummer Art Taylor complete the group on a program that includes three standards ("Our Delight," "Our Love Is Here to Stay" and "What's New"), a pair of Woods originals ("Together We Wail" and "But George") and Frank Foster's "Foster Dulles." The music falls between bebop and hard bop with Woods sounding quite strong while Byrd comes across as a promising (but not yet mature) youngster. A fine example of this somewhat forgotten but talented group, easily recommended to bop collectors. ~Scott Yanow

Jazz For The Carriage Trade

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