Randy Weston - Jazz a la Bohemia

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1956
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:39
Size: 104,6 MB
Art: Front

(0:49)  1. Theme: Solemn Meditation
(9:57)  2. Just a riff
(6:13)  3. You Go To My head
(6:30)  4. Once In a While
(7:28)  5. Hold 'Em Joe
(3:47)  6. It's All Right With Me
(9:27)  7. Chessman's Delight
(1:23)  8. Theme: Solemn Meditation

Randy Weston, who was more under Thelonious Monk's influence back in 1956 then he would be in the near future, is in top form during this live set. His quartet features the rarely heard but talented baritonist Cecil Payne, bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik and drummer Al Dreares. Highpoints of the straightahead set (which has been reissued on CD) include the calypso "Hold 'Em Joe" (recorded almost a decade before Sonny Rollins), "It's All Right with Me" (one of two trio tracks) and the lone Weston original on the date, the stimulating "Chessman's Delight." ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-%C3%A1-la-bohemia-mw0000316705

Personnel:  Randy Weston - piano - trio track 3 - solo track 6;  Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone;  Ahmed Abdul-Malik - bass;  Al Dreares - drums

R.I.P.

Born:  April 6, 1926 
Died:  September 1, 2018

Jazz a la Bohemia

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