Tina Brooks

4 COMPLETE LPs ON 2-CD SET

The splendid tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks was one of many ill-fated jazzmen. He made his first recordings with rhythm & blues bands in 1951-52, but his recording career didn't really start until 1958, when he participated on Jimmy Smith's album "The Sermon". Between that year and 1961 he would record a number of superb LPs, either as a leader or participating on other musicians' dates.

This release presents all of the quintet studio albums he made under his own name, in chronological order. Due to personal problems, Brooks would stop recording in early 1961 and wouldn't be heard from again prior to his death in 1974, at the age of 42. Included on this set are the complete classic original albums: Minor Move, True Blue, Back to the Tracks, and The Waiting Game. Featured with Tina Brooks are such stars as Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Johnny Coles, Jackie McLean, Kenny Drew, Duke Jordan, Paul Chambers, Art Blakey, and Philly Joe Jones, among others.


PERSONNEL:

TINA BROOKS, tenor sax on all tracks, plus:

CD 1 [1-5]: MINOR MOVE (4 1/2 Stars All Music Guide)

LEE MORGAN, trumpet
SONNY CLARK, piano
DOUG WATKINS, bass
ART BLAKEY, drums
Lee Morgan trumpet Sonny Clark piano

New Jersey, March 16, 1958.

CD 1 [6-11]: TRUE BLUE (4 1/2 Stars All Music Guide)

FREDDIE HUBBARD, trumpet
DUKE JORDAN, piano
SAM JONES, bass
ART TAYLOR, drums

New Jersey, June 25, 1960.

CD 2 [1-5]: BACK TO THE TRACKS (4 1/2 Stars All Music Guide)

(1, 3-5) BLUE MITCHELL, trumpet
KENNY DREW, piano
PAUL CHAMBERS, bass
ART TAYLOR, drums
New Jersey, October 20, 1960.

(2) Same personnel as above except JACKIR McLEAN, alto sax, added.
New Jersey, September 1, 1960.

CD 2 [6-11]: THE WAITING GAME

JOHNNY COLES, trumpet
KENNY DREW, piano
WILBUR WARE, bass
PHILLY JOE JONES, drums

New Jersey, March 2, 1961

CD 1 - Total Time: 78:42:

01 Nutville
02 The Way You Look Tonight
03 Star Eyes
04 Minor Move
05 Everything Happens To Me
06 Good Old Soul
07 Up Tight's Creek
08 Theme For Doris
09 Miss Hazel
10 True Blue
11 Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You

CD 2- Total Time: 78:40:

01 Back To The Tracks
02 Street Singer
03 The Blues And I
04 For Heaven's Sake
05 The Ruby And The Pearl
06 Talkin' About
07 One For Myrtle
08 Dhyana
09 David The King
10 Stranger In Paradise
11 The Waiting Game