The Capp-Pierce Juggernaut Feat.Joe Williams - Live At The Century Plaza

Styles: Jazz, Bop
Year: 1978
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:40
Size: 98,1 MB
Art: Front

( 3:57) 1. Fiesta In Brass
( 5:42) 2. Basie's Deep Fry
( 4:35) 3. Souvenir
( 5:08) 4. Capp This!
( 5:02) 5. Tarragon
( 4:44) 6. Swing Shift
(10:51) 7. Joe's Blues
( 2:39) 8. What The World Needs Now Is Love

The packaging for this reissue CD could be better (it leaves out the personnel listing and even the recording date) but the Capp/Pierce Juggernaut is heard throughout the live session in fine form. The main soloists in the 1978 version of the 17-piece orchestra are pianist co-leader Nat Pierce, trumpeter Al Aarons, trombonist Buster Cooper, tenors Bob Cooper and Herman Riley, and altoist Marshall Royal; the other co-leader, Frank Capp, has a drum feature on "Capp This."

The Count Basie sound-alike band (which sounds surprisingly like Duke Ellington's on "Fiesta in Brass") performs Pierce's arrangements with swing and spirit. An added plus is that Joe Williams sits in for "Joe's Blues" (during which he sings some of his favorite blues stanzas) along with a throwaway version of "What the World Needs Now Is Love." By Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-live-at-the-century-plaza-mw0000187957

Personnel: Drums – Frankie Capp; Piano – Nat Pierce; Bass – Chuck Berghoffer; Guitar – Ray Pohlman; Saxophone – Bob Cooper, Herman Riley, Lanny Morgan, Marshal Royal*, Bill Green; Trombone – Alan Kaplan, Britt Woodman, Buster Cooper, Garnett Bown; Trumpet – Al Aarons, Bill Berry, Bobby Shew, Frank Szabo; Vocals – Joe Williams

Live At Century Plaza

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Lanny Morgan - A Suite for Yardbird

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 65:30
Size: 150,3 MB
Art: Front

(6:09)  1. Ornithology
(5:27)  2. Blues for Alice
(5:26)  3. Segment
(4:05)  4. Ko Ko
(6:12)  5. Yardbird Suite
(6:07)  6. Marmaduke
(8:23)  7. Steeplechase
(5:27)  8. The Hymn
(4:18)  9. Klact-Oveeseds-Tene
(4:11) 10. Donna Lee
(4:56) 11. Bird Feathers
(4:44) 12. Kim-Country Gardens-Sign Off

Records led by altoist Lanny Morgan are always well-worth acquiring because he is a brilliant bebop soloist. For this quartet outing with pianist Lou Levy, bassist Tom Warrington, and drummer Paul Kreibich, Morgan performs a dozen songs composed by Charlie Parker. Although no new revelations occur, it is nice to hear such obscurities as "Segment," "Marmaduke," "Steeplechase," and "Kim" revived and played in extended versions that are often five to eight minutes long. Morgan knows this material backwards and really sounds like he lives the music, adding his own ideas to the classic material. A special bonus is the extended liner notes and a very colorful historical booklet that comes with the CD. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-suite-for-yardbird-mw0000570269

Personnel: Lanny Morgan (saxophone);  Lou Levy (piano), Tom Warrington (bass), and Paul Kreibich (drums).

A Suite for Yardbird

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Bob Florence - State of the Art (Limited Edition)

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1989
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:38
Size: 128,6 MB
Art: Front

(6:22)  1. Just Friends
(5:13)  2. Moonlight Serenade
(6:55)  3. Silky
(7:05)  4. The Crunch
(4:05)  5. Stella by Starlight
(8:46)  6. All the Things You Are
(6:04)  7. Mr. Paddington
(5:42)  8. BBC
(5:23)  9. Auld Lang Syne

The first of two sets by Bob Florence's Limited Edition Orchestra for the USA label breaks from his tradition in that only four of the nine selections are Florence originals. The arranger completely reworks such familiar tunes as "Just Friends," "Moonlight Serenade," "All the Things You Are" and even "Auld Lang Syne." Among the key players are altoist Lanny Morgan, trumpeter Steve Huffsteter, Bob Cooper on tenor, and Kim Richmond on alto and soprano. Modern, swinging and unpredictable music. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/state-of-the-art-mw0000198731    

Personnel: Bob Florence (piano, electric piano, synthesizer); Lanny Morgan (flute, piccolo, clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Kim Richmond (flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Dick Mitchell, Bob Cooper (flute, clarinet, tenor saxophone); Bob Efford (bass clarinet, baritone saxophone); John Lowe (e flat clarinet, baritone saxophone); George Graham, Larry Ford, Steve Huffsteter , Warren Luening (trumpet, flugelhorn); Rick Culper, Herbie Harper, Rick Culver, Charles Loper, Chauncey Welsch (trombone); Donald Waldrop (bass trombone); Tom Warrington (acoustic bass, electric bass); Peter Donald (drums); Alex Acuña (percussion).

State of the Art (Limited Edition)

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Lanny Morgan - The Lanny Morgan Quartet

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1993
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:27
Size: 145,5 MB
Art: Front

(4:49)  1. Flash
(7:01)  2. Subconscious Lee
(8:34)  3. Strollin'
(5:08)  4. Cherokee
(8:49)  5. Joy Spring
(7:55)  6. You've Changed
(6:15)  7. Minority
(7:45)  8. Bloomdido
(6:07)  9. After You've Gone

Altoist Lanny Morgan, despite being a very talented bop-based improviser and a greatly in-demand sideman, has had relatively few opportunities to record as a leader through the years -- only two. This quartet set with pianist Tom Ranier, bassist Bob Maize, and drummer Frankie Capp is his definitive recording. Morgan is in particularly creative and fiery form on such songs as "Subconscious Lee," "Bloomdido," "After You've Gone," and a song he practically owns, "Cherokee." None of the nine tunes (eight jazz standards plus Tom Garvin's "Flash") are throwaways and this is a CD highly recommended to bop fans.  ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-lanny-morgan-quartet-mw0000177852  

Personnel:  Alto Saxophone – Lanny Morgan;  Bass – Bob Maize;  Drums – Frank Capp;  Piano – Tom Ranier       

The Lanny Morgan Quartet

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The Lanny Morgan Quartet - Pacific Standard

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:46
Size: 155,6 MB
Art: Front

(6:01)  1. In The Still Of The Night
(7:39)  2. People Will Say We're In Love
(7:15)  3. Stella By Starlight
(7:25)  4. The Song Is You
(8:50)  5. Rosalie
(6:19)  6. I'll Remember April
(8:01)  7. Body And Soul
(6:02)  8. Broadway
(7:00)  9. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most
(3:08) 10. It's you Or No One

One of the great bebop altoists, Lanny Morgan can always be relied upon to enthusiastically dig into standards, preserving the melodies and chord changes but coming up with consistently fresh variations. On this Contemporary set, Morgan is joined by three of L.A.'s finest (pianist Tom Ranier, bassist Dave Carpenter and drummer Joe LaBarbera), who give him stimulating and swinging support. Lanny mostly sticks to well-known standards, but somehow they sound new. "Stella by Starlight" is taken much faster than normal, "In the Still of the Night" cooks, "Body and Soul" is his ballad feature, "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" is turned into a fast samba, and a blazing "It's You or No One" wraps up the ten-song session. There is not a throwaway track or routine moment in the 67 minutes of music, which is easily recommended to straight-ahead jazz fans. ~ Scott Yanow   http://www.allmusic.com/album/pacific-standard-mw0000593226.

Personnel: Lanny Morgan (alto saxophone); Tom Ranier (piano); Joe La Barbera (drums).

Pacific Standard

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