Post by richardd on Apr 23, 2017 20:48:17 GMT
Twenty-five Great Baritone Saxophone Tracks
From Harry Carney to Leo Parker and Serge Chaloff to Gerry Mulligan to Pepper Adams and Nick Brignola, to today’s great practitioners Gary Smulyan and James Carter, the baritone sax in great hands has always resonated through me. Mosaic has reflected that passion, with sets by Chaloff, Adams (with Donald Byrd) and no less than three by Mulligan (the most recent being The Emarcy Sextet Recordings on 5 LPs). Our Complete Bee Hive Sessions includes cutting sessions by Brignola, Adams, Ronnie Cuber and Cecil Payne. Although we tried for years to put together a definitive Leo Parker set, he is amply represented on our new Classic Savoy Be-Bop Sessions 1945-49. This compilation by Ralph Miriello of 25 great bari performances is excellent. Mingus and Duke Ellington before him truly knew how to get the most out of the timbre and power of this instrument.
Michael Cuscuna.
notesonjazz.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/twenty-five-great-jazz-baritone.html
From Harry Carney to Leo Parker and Serge Chaloff to Gerry Mulligan to Pepper Adams and Nick Brignola, to today’s great practitioners Gary Smulyan and James Carter, the baritone sax in great hands has always resonated through me. Mosaic has reflected that passion, with sets by Chaloff, Adams (with Donald Byrd) and no less than three by Mulligan (the most recent being The Emarcy Sextet Recordings on 5 LPs). Our Complete Bee Hive Sessions includes cutting sessions by Brignola, Adams, Ronnie Cuber and Cecil Payne. Although we tried for years to put together a definitive Leo Parker set, he is amply represented on our new Classic Savoy Be-Bop Sessions 1945-49. This compilation by Ralph Miriello of 25 great bari performances is excellent. Mingus and Duke Ellington before him truly knew how to get the most out of the timbre and power of this instrument.
Michael Cuscuna.
notesonjazz.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/twenty-five-great-jazz-baritone.html