Wardell Gray & Dexter Gordon - The Chase and the Steeplechase

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:57
Size: 114,6 MB
Art: Front

(11:35)  1. The Chase
(13:52)  2. The Steeplechase
( 6:58)  3. Milt to the Hilt
( 7:56)  4. Homecoming
( 3:27)  5. Swootie Patootie
( 3:15)  6. Sweet Lorraine
( 2:51)  7. Goodbye

A classic bit of aggressive bop from the team of Wardell Gray and Dexter Gordon famous in the LA scene for their fierce playing in competitive cutting contests! The album features the classic long reading of "The Chase", cut by Gordon and Gray at a GNP concert in 1952 backed by the similar "Steeple Chase", which grooves out in a similar format with very long tenor solos. The rest of the group features Conte Candoli on trumpet, Chico Hamilton on drums, Bob Tucker on piano, and Don Bagley on bass. The second part of the CD features classic early work from Tony Scott a set of clarinet tracks performed with a quartet featuring Dick Katz on piano, Milt Hinton on bass, and Sid Bulkin on drums. The style's a great mix of bop and swing in that mode that Tony always brought to his best work of the time, and which pushed an understanding of the clarinet in jazz long past the swing years. Titles include the original "Homecoming", "Sweet Loraine", "Goodbye", and "Swootie Patootie".  

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Personnel:  Wardell Gray tenor saxophone;  Dexter Gordon tenor saxophone;  Bobby Tucker piano; Don Bagley bass; Chico Hamilton drums

The Chase and the Steeplechase

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