Benny Golson - The Modern Touch

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1957
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:11
Size: 92,3 MB
Art: Front

( 6:28)  1. Out of the Past
( 7:20)  2. Reunion
( 5:41)  3. Venetian Breeze
( 4:14)  4. Hymn to the Orient
( 4:48)  5. Namely You
(11:37)  6. Blues on Down

Benny Golson's second album as a leader (reissued on CD in the OJC series) is a solid hard bop date featuring the tenorman in a quintet with trumpeter Kenny Dorham, pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Max Roach. The all-star group performs three Golson originals (none of which really caught on), a pair of Gigi Gryce tunes (best known is "Hymn to the Orient") and the standard "Namely You." Excellent playing on an above-average set that defines the modern mainstream of 1957 jazz. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-modern-touch-mw0000099791

Personnel:  Benny Golson (tenor saxophone);  Kenny Dorham (trumpet);  J.J. Johnson (trombone);  Wynton Kelly (piano);  Paul Chambers (bass);  Max Roach (drums).

The Modern Touch

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