André Previn - Previn At Sunset

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:43
Size: 120,5 MB
Art: Front

(3:22)  1. I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good
(4:42)  2. Body And Soul
(3:51)  3. Sunset In Blue
(3:05)  4. All The Things You Are
(3:27)  5. Something To Live For
(2:34)  6. Good Enough To Keep
(2:56)  7. California Clipper
(4:10)  8. How High The Moon
(3:07)  9. Take The A Train
(3:23) 10. Subtle Slough
(4:09) 11. That Old Blue Magic
(3:02) 12. Blue Skies
(2:43) 13. I Found A New Baby
(4:25) 14. Variations On A Theme
(2:39) 15. Mulholland Drive

André Previn was just 16 years old when he recorded the earliest numbers on Previn at Sunset, but he was already a brilliant pianist and a busy arranger at the MGM studios. Most (but not quite all) of the recordings that he made for the Sunset and Monarch labels, among the earliest in his career, are here. A major swing stylist who had not yet been affected by bop, Previn is heard on some unaccompanied solos; in three different trios with such sidemen as guitarists Dave Barbour or Irving Ashby, bassists John Simmons, Eddie Safranski, or Red Callender, and drummer Lee Young; and a couple of jam tunes ("All the Things You Are" and "I Found a New Baby") with a sextet also either Buddy Childers or Howard McGhee on trumpet, altoist Willie Smith, and Vido Musso on tenor. The small group swing performances are quite enjoyable, and the teenage pianist easily keeps up with the other, more famous players. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/previn-at-sunset-mw0000121441

Personnel: Piano – André Previn;  Alto Saxophone – Willie Smith; Bass – Eddie Safranski , John Simmons, Red Callender; Drums – Lee Young; Guitar – Dave Barbour, Irving Ashby; Tenor Saxophone – Vido Musso; Trumpet – Buddy Childers, Howard McGhee

R.I.P.
Died: February 28, 2019, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States 

Born: April 6, 1929, Berlin, Germany

Previn At Sunset

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