Thursday, February 14, 2019

Harold Ashby - Scufflin'

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:25
Size: 121,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:45)  1. Scufflin' (take 2)
(6:33)  2. Earma Jean
(7:46)  3. Salty Mama
(5:13)  4. When Sunny Gets Blue
(3:15)  5. Stealing
(9:54)  6. Quiet Nights
(7:29)  7. Get Down
(6:26)  8. Scufflin' (take 1)

Other than a scarce album for Masters of Jazz from 1959, this was Harold Ashby's debut as a leader. The underrated tenor saxophonist, one of Duke Ellington's finest soloists during his final decade, is teamed with three other alumni of Ellington's bands (trombonist Booty Wood, bassist Aaron Bell, and drummer Sam Woodyard), plus pianist Raymond Fol. The original program (six Ashby originals) is augmented by a new alternate take of "Scufflin'," plus a previously unreleased "When Sunny Gets Blue." Ashby's warm tenor is equally welcome on both warm ballads and jumping originals, blending in well with Wood's colorful trombone for a high-quality mainstream swing set. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/scufflin-mw0001152758

Personnel: Tenor Saxophone – Harold Ashby;  Bass – Aaron Bell; Drums – Sam Woodyard; Piano – Raymond Fol;  Trombone – Booty Wood

Scufflin'
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6 comments:

  1. doctorsientetebienFebruary 14, 2019 at 6:48 PM

    Muchas gracias.

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  2. Brush&StickFebruary 14, 2019 at 8:29 PM

    Thank you so much!

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  3. Bob MacFebruary 15, 2019 at 3:31 AM

    Thanks for this one Giullia. Harold Ashby is of course well known in blues circles due to playing on Otis Rush's famous Cobra sessions. When Harold toured Australia in the 1970s as a member of Duke Ellington's band he was interviewed by some local blues researchers and couldn't even remember Otis Rush or doing the Cobra sessions. Apparantly he played so many sessions at that time and just rolled up, blew his sax for an hour or so and split.

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