Al Cohn & Shorty Rogers - East Coast - West Coast Scene

Styles: Saxophone And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1954
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 47:06
Size: 108,1 MB
Art: Front

( 6:48)  1. Inside Out
( 6:10)  2. Autumn Leaves
( 6:59)  3. Serenade For Kathy
(10:33)  4. Cool Sunshine
( 6:48)  5. Loki
( 9:44)  6. Elaine's lullaby

A classic session in the tried and true marketing style of "East Coast vs West Coast" jazz, with one side of tracks by a group led by Al Cohn, and featuring Gene Quill, Hal McKusick, and Joe Newman. The other side's got Shorty Rogers representin' on the West Coast, with Jimmy Giuffre, Zoot Sims, Bud Shank, and Shelly Manne. The album's a nice batch of tracks, in the tightly arranged style that characterizes many of these mid-50's RCA jazz sessions. However, since Cohn's measured playing could never really be taken for New York Hot, and since his longtime partner Zoot Sims is part of Rogers' West Coast group, it's hard to say that these sides are really any sort of true battle between the coasts. Instead, though, the tracks are nice and long, with more room for solos than usual, and titles that include "Loki", "Cool Sunshine", and "Inside Out". (Original pressing – in really nice shape overall! Cover is great, too – save for a tiny bit of laminate peeling near the opening.) https://www.dustygroove.com/item/506057

Personnel:  Alto Saxophone – Gene Quill, Hal McKusick;  Baritone Saxophone – Sol Schlinger;  Bass – Milt Hinton;  Drums – Osie Johnson;  Guitar – Billy Bauer;  Piano – Sanford Gold;  Saxophone – Al Cohn;  Trombone – Billy Byers, Eddie Bert;  Trumpet – Joe Newman, Shorty Rogers

East Coast - West Coast Scene

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