Time: 71:00
Size: 162.5 MB
Styles: Trombone jazz, Big band
Year: 2011
Art: Front
[3:15] 1. Reminiscent Blues
[3:18] 2. Thou Swell
[4:19] 3. You Are Too Beautiful
[2:59] 4. Paradise
[2:45] 5. Warm Valley
[1:48] 6. Frankie And Johnny
[2:44] 7. One For Dee
[2:02] 8. Limehouse Blues
[3:02] 9. Am I Blue
[2:43] 10. Dirty Dan
[3:09] 11. Too Late Now
[2:51] 12. Sleep
[6:28] 13. Soft Winds
[3:09] 14. With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair
[3:30] 15. I Ain't Got Nobody
[3:03] 16. Stella By Starlight
[3:05] 17. Little John
[3:20] 18. Home
[2:36] 19. Cherokee
[3:20] 20. 'round Midnight
[3:15] 21. Springsville
[4:11] 22. Plain Bill From Bluesville
Featuring: Urbie Green (tb, v-tb), Joe Wilder, Johnny Carisi, Phil Sunkel (tp), Chauncey Welsh, Jack Satterfield, Lou McGarity, Rex Peer (tb), Hal McKusick, Al Cohn, Sol Schlinger (saxes), Dave McKenna (p), Jimmy Raney (g), Percy Heath (b), Kenny Clarke (d)
This CD presents Urbie Green, one of the most versatile of all top-ranking trombonists in two facets. On the first quintet recordings we hear him playing relaxed, modern mainstream jazz with strong roots in the blues. His tone is full, his ideas personal and imaginative, and his beat equal to that of his gassing rhythm section.
Urbie’s role on the remaining tracks is that of the leader of a big band. He had often expressed a desire to front a large dance band of his own before he had this opportunity. His choice of Johnny Carisi as chief arranger and unofficial musical director was made because of a rather mutual agreement between the two about the purposes of a band of this kind and the methods of achieving them. Johnny was among the group of writers—like Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan, Tiny Kahn, et al.—who were setting new stepping-stones in band and small-group arranging. Carisi’s writing in this set is clean and functional— achieving the prime purposes of providing a good jazz and dance-band style and setting a foundation upon which Urbie can project himself as leader-soloist.
This CD presents Urbie Green, one of the most versatile of all top-ranking trombonists in two facets. On the first quintet recordings we hear him playing relaxed, modern mainstream jazz with strong roots in the blues. His tone is full, his ideas personal and imaginative, and his beat equal to that of his gassing rhythm section.
Urbie’s role on the remaining tracks is that of the leader of a big band. He had often expressed a desire to front a large dance band of his own before he had this opportunity. His choice of Johnny Carisi as chief arranger and unofficial musical director was made because of a rather mutual agreement between the two about the purposes of a band of this kind and the methods of achieving them. Johnny was among the group of writers—like Gil Evans, Gerry Mulligan, Tiny Kahn, et al.—who were setting new stepping-stones in band and small-group arranging. Carisi’s writing in this set is clean and functional— achieving the prime purposes of providing a good jazz and dance-band style and setting a foundation upon which Urbie can project himself as leader-soloist.
All About Urbie Green: His Quintet And Big Band
A beautiful trombone. Many thanks for this one, He was my leading light back in the '50's when I started. I have the LP but all worn out - so it's nice to have now - and be able to listen to without the scratches, etc. Roger.
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