Chet Baker & Art Pepper Sextet - Playboys

Styles: Trumpet And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1956
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:21
Size: 157,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:02)  1. For Minors Only
(6:44)  2. Minor Yours
(5:42)  3. Resonant Emotions
(5:32)  4. Tynan Time
(6:45)  5. Picture Of Heath
(6:26)  6. For Miles And Miles
(5:14)  7. C.T.A.
(6:19)  8. Tynan Time
(4:17)  9. Little Girl
(7:14) 10. Minor Yours
(3:57) 11. Sonny Boy
(5:04) 12. The Route

These 1956 Pacific Jazz sides appeared in 1961 under the title Playboys. Myth and rumor persist that, under legal advice from the publisher of a similarly named magazine, the collection would have to be retitled. It was renamed Picture of Heath, as more than half of the tracks are Jimmy Heath compositions. Regardless, the music is the absolute same. These are the third sessions to feature the dynamic duo of Art Pepper (alto sax) and Chet Baker (trumpet). Their other two meetings had produced unequivocal successes. The first was during a brief July 1956 session at the Forum Theater in L.A. Baker joined forces with Pepper's sextet, ultimately netting material for the Route LP. Exactly three months to the day later, Pepper and Baker reconvened to record tracks for the Chet Baker Big Band album. The quartet supporting Baker and Pepper on Playboys includes Curtis Counce (bass), Phil Urso (tenor sax), Carl Perkins (piano), and Larance Marable (drums). Baker and Pepper have an instinctual rapport that yields outstanding interplay. The harmony constant throughout the practically inseparable lines that Baker weaves with Pepper drives the bop throughout the slinky "For Minors Only." The soloists take subtle cues directly from each other, with considerable contributions from Perkins, Counce, and Marable. With the notorious track record both Baker and Pepper had regarding other decidedly less successful duets, it is unfortunate that more recordings do not exist that captured their special bond. These thoroughly enjoyable and often high-energy sides are perfect for bop connoisseurs as well as mainstream jazz listeners.~ Lindsay Planer https://www.allmusic.com/album/playboys-mw0000196883

Personnel:  Chet Baker — trumpet;  Art Pepper — alto saxophone;  Phil Urso — tenor saxophone;  Carl Perkins — piano;  Curtis Counce — bass;  Larance Marable — drums.

Playboys

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