Charlie Rouse & Red Rodney - Social Call

Styles: Saxophone and Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1984
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 59:09
Size: 135,7 MB
Art: Front

(6:23)  1. Little Chico
(5:48)  2. Social Call
(6:31)  3. Half Nelson
(4:46)  4. Greenhouse
(9:35)  5. Darn That Dream (take 1)
(6:16)  6. Casbah
(6:32)  7. Social Call
(7:12)  8. Darn That Dream (take 2)
(6:01)  9. Half Nelson

Tenor saxophonist Charlie Rouse, 59 at the time, is in top form for this bop-oriented set. Teamed up with trumpeter Red Rodney, pianist Albert Dailey, bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Kenny Washington, Rouse performs Don Sickler arrangements of four jazz standards (including "Half Nelson" and Tadd Dameron's "Casbah"), plus an obscurity ("Greenhouse") and his own "Little Chico." Old friends Rouse and Rodney work off each other very well, and the results are swinging and enjoyable.
~Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/social-call-mw0000038083

Personnel: Charlie Rouse (tenor saxophone); Red Rodney (trumpet, flugelhorn); Albert Dailey (piano); Kenny Washington (drums).

Social Call

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Red Rodney - Essential Jazz Quintets

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 131:05
Size: 301,9 MB
Art: Front

( 5:33)  1. You Better Go Now
( 3:49)  2. Daddy-O
( 6:37)  3. Shaw Nuff
( 3:17)  4. Dig This
( 6:02)  5. Stella By Starlight
( 6:14)  6. Jordu
( 5:11)  7. Red Arrow
( 3:14)  8. I Love The Rhythm In A Riff
( 4:22)  9. You And The Night And The Music
( 6:10) 10. I Remember You
( 3:11) 11. Taking A Chance On Love
( 3:42) 12. Hale To Dale
( 4:55) 13. Ubas
( 4:24) 14. 5709
( 2:57) 15. Clap Hands, Hered Comes Charlie
( 4:28) 16. Two By Two
( 3:41) 17. Jeffie
( 5:52) 18. Red Is Blue
( 6:06) 19. Red Hot And Blue
( 3:59) 20. The Song Is You
( 5:32) 21. Shelley
( 4:15) 22. On Mike
( 4:44) 23. Laura
( 6:01) 24. Box 2000
( 5:45) 25. Whirlwind
(10:52) 26. Star Eyes

Red Rodney's comeback in the late '70s was quite inspiring and found the veteran bebop trumpeter playing even better than he had during his legendary period with Charlie Parker. He started his professional career by performing with Jerry Wald's orchestra when he was 15, and he passed through a lot of big bands, including those of Jimmy Dorsey (during which Rodney closely emulated his early idol Harry James), Elliot Lawrence, Georgie Auld, Benny Goodman, and Les Brown. He totally changed his style after hearing Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, becoming one of the brighter young voices in bebop. Rodney made strong contributions to the bands of Gene Krupa (1946), Claude Thornhill, and Woody Herman's Second Herd (1948-1949).

Off and on during 1949-1951, Rodney was a regular member of the Charlie Parker Quintet, playing brilliantly at Bird's recorded Carnegie Hall concert of 1949. But drugs cut short that association, and Rodney spent most of the 1950s in and out of jail. After he kicked heroin, almost as damaging to his jazz chops was a long period playing for shows in Las Vegas. When he returned to New York in 1972, it took Rodney several years to regain his former form. However, he hooked up with multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan in 1980 and the musical partnership benefited both of the veterans; Sullivan's inquisitive style inspired Rodney to play post-bop music (rather than continually stick to bop) and sometimes their quintet (which also featured Garry Dial) sounded like the Ornette Coleman Quartet, amazingly. After Sullivan went back to Florida a few years later, Rodney continued leading his own quintet which in later years featured the talented young saxophonist Chris Potter. Red Rodney, who was portrayed quite sympathetically in the Clint Eastwood film Bird (during which he played his own solos), stands as proof that for the most open-minded veterans there is life beyond bop. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/red-rodney-mn0000883694/biography

Essential Jazz Quintets

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Red Rodney - Then and Now

Styles: Flugelhorn Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:38
Size: 171,7 MB
Art: Front

(6:08)  1. Woody 'n You
(5:41)  2. Marmaduke
(6:32)  3. Little Suede Shoes
(6:24)  4. Un Poco Loco
(6:53)  5. The Scene Is Clean
(5:26)  6. Early Autumn
(6:18)  7. Confirmation
(4:13)  8. Congo Blues
(5:49)  9. If You Could See Me Now
(6:08) 10. Yard's Pad
(5:11) 11. Crazeology
(9:51) 12. The Interview

Red Rodney's final recording (cut two years before his death) finds the 64-year-old sticking exclusively to flugelhorn and still displaying strong chops. Performing with his working quintet (Chris Potter on tenor and alto, pianist Garry Dial, bassist Jay Anderson and drummer Jimmy Madison) Rodney returns to his roots, performing 11 bop-era standards with a twist. Producer Bob Belden helped reharmonize many of the songs, and even though the original melodies are stated, the results sound more modern than one would expect. Potter (showing a great deal of potential that he has since realized) and Dial have many fine solos, while Rodney sounds pretty strong, pushing himself. The CD concludes with Rodney talking for 9½ minutes about his experiences in the bebop days and about this project, a perfect conclusion to a successful and important career. 

~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/album/then-and-now-mw0000093082

Personnel:  Red Rodney - flugelhorn; Chris Potter - tenor saxophone; Garry Dial - piano; Jay Anderson - bass; Jimmy Madison - drums

Then and Now

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Dizzy Gillespie - To Diz with Love

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:22
Size: 152,2 MB
Art: Front

(14:43)  1. Billie's Bounce
(10:37)  2. Confirmation
(12:52)  3. Mood Indigo
(11:28)  4. Straight No Chaser
(16:40)  5. A Night in Tunisia

Dizzy Gillespie's final recording, taken from a month he spent featured at the Blue Note in New York, matches the aging giant with such fellow trumpeters as Jon Faddis, Wynton Marsalis, Claudio Roditi, Wallace Roney, Red Rodney, Charlie Sepulveda and the ancient but still brilliant Doc Cheatham (who cuts both Diz and Faddis on "Mood Indigo"). Although Gillespie was no longer up to the competition, the love that these fellow trumpeters had for him (and some fine solos) makes this historic CD worth getting. ~Scott Yanow

https://www.allmusic.com/album/to-diz-with-love-diamond-jubilee-recordings-mw0000077323

Personnel:  Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet;  Doc Cheatham (track 3), Jon Faddis (track 3), Wynton Marsalis (tracks 2 & 4), Claudio Roditi (tracks 1 & 5), Wallace Roney (tracks 1 & 5), Charlie Sepulveda (track 4), Lew Soloff (unbilled, track 5) - trumpet;  Red Rodney - flugelhorn (track 2);  Junior Mance - piano;  Peter Washington - bass;  Kenny Washington - drums

To Diz with Love

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Charlie Parker And His Orchestra - Swedish Schnapps

Styles: Saxophone Jazz

Year: 1951

File: MP3@320K/s

Time: 52:31

Size: 126,6 MB

Art: Front

(2:40)  1. Si Si

(3:17)  2. Swedish Schnapps (alternate take)

(3:13)  3. Swedish Schnapps

(2:39)  4. Back Home Blues (alternate take)

(2:50)  5. Back Home Blues

(3:26)  6. Lover Man

(2:49)  7. Blues For Alice

(2:41)  8. Au Privave (alternate take)

(2:45)  9. Au Privave

(3:12) 10. She Rote (alternate take)

(3:08) 11. She Rote

(3:27) 12. K. C. Blues

(3:42) 13. Star Eyes

(3:22) 14. Segment

(3:18) 15. Diverse

(2:57) 16. Passport (rare)

(2:59) 17. Passport (common)

Musicians like to observe that for all his notoriety as the wellspring of bebop, Charlie "Bird" Parker's music was loaded with the blues. Swedish Schnapps is as good a place as any to make that connection with Parker's music, including as it does two of his most enduring bop heads based on the blues, "Au Privave" and "Blues For Alice." While you wouldn't mistake either composition for a Muddy Waters tune, both relate Bird's off-kilter accents and serpentine melodicism at walking tempos that let you hear what's actually going by, instead of leaving you astonished but bemused. To really drive the point home, there's "K.C. Blues," which finds the altoist at his hollerin' best, and "Lover Man," certainly one of the bluesiest 32-bar standards around. http://www.allmusic.com/album/swedish-schnapps-mw0000265091

Personnel: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone); Kenny Dorham, Miles Davis, Red Rodney (trumpet); Al Haig, John Lewis, Walter Bishop (piano); Ray Brown, Teddy Kotick, Tommy Potter (bass); Max Roach, Kenny Clarke (drums).

Swedish Schnapps

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Red Rodney & Ira Sullivan - Night and Day

Styles: Saxophone And Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1981
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:54
Size: 78,8 MB
Art: Front

(4:06)  1. Night And Day
(6:22)  2. You Leave Me Breathless
(6:12)  3. Babies
(5:28)  4. Muck And Meyer
(5:26)  5. Frito Mistos
(6:16)  6. Dial-A-Brew

The Red Rodney-Ira Sullivan Quintet was one of the finest groups of the early 1980s. Rodney had an opportunity to play fresh material; Sullivan gained more exposure than he ever had in his career; and pianist Garry Dial was given high-profile and challenging writing assignments; bassist Barry Smith and drummer Steve Bagby completed the band in mid-1981. On this Muse LP (their fourth of six recordings), the musicians perform fresh versions of two standards ("Night and Day" and "You Leave Me Breathless"), plus four challenging originals. 

Sullivan plays trumpet on three of the six pieces, alto on two, and soprano on one. The exciting "Dial-A-Brew" is a highlight of this recommended (but sadly out of print) set.~Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/night-and-day-mw0000874551

Personnel:  Alto Saxophone – Ira Sullivan;  Drums – Steve Bagby;  Flugelhorn – Red Rodney;  Piano – Garry Dial;  Soprano Saxophone – Ira Sullivan;  Trumpet – Ira Sullivan, Red Rodney

Night and Day

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Red Rodney - Borrowed Times: Quintets 1955-1959 (2-Disc Set)

Red Rodney was a brash young trumpeter who had the mark of greatness before narcotics cut short his career. His lowest point came in January 1953, when a judge in Chicago sentenced him to Leavenworth for five years. Rodney was released on parole in March 1955, having served two years of his sentence, and shortly thereafter he recorded an album for Fantasy (tracks #1-12).

His luck ran out again in November 1955, and he was sentenced to serve the remainder of his term at the Lexington, Ky., federal narcotics hospital. His release on June 5, 1957 was something of an event among aficionados, and the results of his recording contract with Signal (tracks #13-15 on CD-1, and #1-3 on CD-2), are proof of just how much he still had to offer to jazz. He got hooked again for a while after that, until early 1959, when he made a new and brief—but successful—comeback to the scene, cutting a new LP, this time for Argo.

Remarkably, the three stunning albums included in this set were made while Red was living on borrowed time, between one incarceration and the next. “I can only repeat what Bird said” he once explained about addiction. “‘Don’t do as I do, do as I say.’”

CD 1, tracks #1-12 from "Modern Music From Chicago" (Fantasy 3-208).
CD 1, tracks #13-15 & CD 2, tracks #1-3 from "Red Rodney: 1957" (Signal S 1206).
CD 2, tracks #4-11 from "Red Rodney Returns" (Argo LP 643).

Personnel on "Modern Music From Chicago": Red Rodney (tp, vcl on #1), Ira Sullivan (ts on #1-5, 7, 8, 10-12, tp only on #6), Norman Simmons (p), Victor Sproles (b), Roy Haynes (d). Recorded at Universal Studios, Chicago, IL, June 8 [#1-10] and 27 [#11-12].

Personnel on "Red Rodney: 1957": Red Rodney (tp), Ira Sullivan (ts, tp), Tommy Flanagan (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Philly Joe Jones (d on CD 1, #13-15), Elvin Jones (d on CD 2, #1-3). Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackenshack, New Jersey, on November 22, 1957 [CD 1, #13-15] and November 24, 1957 [CD 2, #1-3].

Personnel on "Red Rodney Returns": Red Rodney (tp), Billy Root (ts), Danny Kent (p), Jay Cave (b), Frank Young (d). Recorded at Reco-Art Studios, Philadelphia, Pa, February 16 & 17, 1959.

Album: Borrowed Times: Quintets 1955-1959 (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 68:33
Size: 156.9 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 2011

[ 3:09] 1. I Love The Rhythm In A Riff
[ 3:07] 2. Taking A Chance On Love
[ 3:12] 3. Dig This
[ 5:48] 4. Red Is Blue
[ 2:53] 5. Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie
[ 4:10] 6. On Mike
[ 3:54] 7. The Song Is You
[ 4:17] 8. You And The Night And The Music
[ 4:39] 9. Laura
[ 3:44] 10. Daddy-O
[ 3:38] 11. Hail To Dale
[ 3:37] 12. Jeffie
[10:49] 13. Star Eyes
[ 5:30] 14. You Better Go Now
[ 6:01] 15. Stella By Starlight

Borrowed Times: Quintets 1955-1959 (Disc 1)

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Album: Borrowed Times: Quintets 1955-1959 (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 60:46
Size: 139.1 MB
Styles: Trumpet jazz
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[5:07] 1. Red Arrow
[5:56] 2. Box 2000
[4:51] 3. Ubas
[6:33] 4. Shaw Nuff
[6:02] 5. Red Hot And Blue
[6:05] 6. I Remember You
[4:20] 7. 5709
[5:41] 8. Whirlwind
[6:10] 9. Jordu
[5:28] 10. Shelley
[4:27] 11. Two By Two

Borrowed Times: Quintets 1955-1959 (Disc 2)

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