Time: 62:07
Size: 142.2 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz, Saxophone jazz
Year: 2012
Art: Front
[6:16] 1. I Can Dream Can't I
[6:25] 2. I Remember Clifford
[4:58] 3. Ferris Wheel
[4:45] 4. Roucous Notes
[4:37] 5. Blues In Quandary
[8:43] 6. Over The Rainbow
[5:27] 7. Renita's Bounce
[5:00] 8. Blues Shout
[5:22] 9. A Night In Tunisia
[4:40] 10. The Wind
[5:51] 11. Two Moods
Tracks #1-7 are from the album “New Horn in Town” (Candid Stereo 9003). Recorded at Nola Penthouse Sound Studio, New York City, on November 19, 1960: Richard Williams, trumpet; Leo Wright, alto sax, flute, Richard Wyands, piano; Reggie Workman, bass; Bobby Thomas, drums.
Tracks #8-11 are taken from the album “Blues Shout” (Atlantic SD1358). Recorded in New York City, on May 25, 1960. Richard Williams, trumpet; Leo Wright, alto sax, Junior Mance, piano; Art Davis, bass; and Charlie Persip, drums. Gigi Gryce, arranger.
This CD features the leader recording premieres of trumpeter Richard Williams and reedman Leo Wright, whose emergence created quite a stir on the late Fifties jazz scene. Both played on each other’s debuts. Williams, whose power, range and ideas had impressed hugely with the Oliver Nelson and Gigi Gryce groups, made his expected appearance as leader with “New Horn in Town”, while Wright, whose direct, exciting alto and flute were showcased when he joined Dizzy Gillespie’s quintet in 1959, debuted with “Blues Shout”. Both were made in 1960 and fulfilled expectations of two rising young talents.
In these quintet sessions Williams displays his capacity for explosive and inventive playing, with the scope, sweep, conception, technique and the versatility of an assured young lion. Wright’s excellence is also self-evident, regardless of instrument; his style is straight-ahead, warm and emotional, uncluttered and flowing. To complete the success of these debut sessions, both rhythm sections provide vigorous, swinging support, with pianists Richard Wyands and Junior Mance adding further solo voices idiomatically on the button.
Tracks #8-11 are taken from the album “Blues Shout” (Atlantic SD1358). Recorded in New York City, on May 25, 1960. Richard Williams, trumpet; Leo Wright, alto sax, Junior Mance, piano; Art Davis, bass; and Charlie Persip, drums. Gigi Gryce, arranger.
This CD features the leader recording premieres of trumpeter Richard Williams and reedman Leo Wright, whose emergence created quite a stir on the late Fifties jazz scene. Both played on each other’s debuts. Williams, whose power, range and ideas had impressed hugely with the Oliver Nelson and Gigi Gryce groups, made his expected appearance as leader with “New Horn in Town”, while Wright, whose direct, exciting alto and flute were showcased when he joined Dizzy Gillespie’s quintet in 1959, debuted with “Blues Shout”. Both were made in 1960 and fulfilled expectations of two rising young talents.
In these quintet sessions Williams displays his capacity for explosive and inventive playing, with the scope, sweep, conception, technique and the versatility of an assured young lion. Wright’s excellence is also self-evident, regardless of instrument; his style is straight-ahead, warm and emotional, uncluttered and flowing. To complete the success of these debut sessions, both rhythm sections provide vigorous, swinging support, with pianists Richard Wyands and Junior Mance adding further solo voices idiomatically on the button.
New Horn In Town + Blues Shout
