Doug Watkins - Watkins At Large

Styles: Jazz, Hard Bop

Year: 2006

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 41:17

Size: 101,5 MB

Art: Front

(12:54)  1. Return To Paradise

( 9:28)  2. Phinupi

( 4:57)  3. Phil T. McNasty's Blues

(10:06)  4. More Of The Same

( 3:50)  5. Panonica

A great session and one of the few lost ones on the legendary Transition label! The album was originally recorded in Boston in 1956, and it features a group led by bassist Doug Watkins, with Donald Byrd on trumpet, Hank Mobley on tenor, and Art Taylor on drums really a Blue Note lineup, if you come to think of it and the album's definitely got a Blue Note vibe overall! Mobley's tenor is always a treat, and brings out a new sort of fire in Byrd's young horn  and Watkins, who didn't always work as a leader, has a hip conception that really keeps things interesting a slight exotic undercurrent amidst the hardbop. Tracks are long, and titles include "More Of the Same", "Return To Paradise", "Panonica", and "Phinupi".https://www.dustygroove.com/item/57697

Personnel:  Bass – Doug Watkins;  Drums – Arthur Taylor;  Guitar – Kenny Burrell;  Piano – Duke Jordan;  Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley;  Trumpet – Donald Byrd

Watkins At Large

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