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Randy Weston Trio + Cecil Payne (3Lps on 2Cds) (FSRCD 716-2)
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Randy Weston Trio + Cecil Payne (3Lps on 2Cds)
Randy Weston
Fresh Sound Records
8427328607162
ZZZ 133371
FSRCD 716-2
JAZZ
2
Randy Weston Trio + Cecil Payne (3Lps on 2Cds)
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3 LPs ON 2 CD
When these well-crafted mid-fifties sessions were made, Randy Weston had a working trio and he and Cecil Payne were frequent partners, which accounts for the music’s general air of ease. It’s particularly true of the studio dates, With ‘These Hands’ and ‘The Modern Art Of Jazz’, in which Payne’s fluently mobile, surprisingly light and legato baritone makes an effective balance to Weston’s more percussive piano. Weston, recognised as one of the most original voices to emerge from under Thelonious Monk’s umbrella, lives up to the praise heaped on him, while the marvellous Payne rivals perhaps his greatest baritone contemporary, Serge Chaloff.
Highlights include the debut of Weston’s gorgeously exotic “Little Niles”, “The Man I Love” and “These Foolish Things” (taken much faster than usual) and the calypso-like “Run Joe”, to which trumpeter Ray Copeland ebulliently adds a Mexican spice. The live ‘Jazz A La Bohemia’ is a relaxed affair, with Weston especially striking in a trio version of “You Go to My Head”. Piano and baritone are spurred on by the exuberant calypso “Run Joe” and stretch out rewardingly on “Just a Riff”. The most intriguing performance is Weston’s minor key but uptempo “Chessman’s Delight”, with both stimulated to produce possibly their best work on the date.
PERSONNEL:
CD 1 (1-8) from the Riverside album With These Hands (RLP 12-214)
RANDY WESTON (p)
CECIL PAYNE (bs on 1, 3, 5-8)
AHMED ABDUL-MALIK (b)
WILBERT HOGAN (d)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, March 14 & 21, 1956
CD 1(9-14) & CD 2 (1-2) from the album The Modern Art of Jazz (Dawn DLP1116)
RANDY WESTON (p)
AHMED ABDUL-MALIK (b)
WILLIE JONES (d).
On tracks 10, 12 & 14:
RAY COPELAND (tp), CECIL PAYNE (bs) added,
WILBERT HOGAN replaces JONES.
Recorded in New York City, November 21 (#10, 12 & 14) & 22 (#9, 11 & 13), 1956
CD 2 (3) from the Harmony album Various Artists: Modern Jazz Festival”(HL 7196)
CD 2 (4-11) from the Riverside album Jazz A La Bohemia (RLP 12-232)
RANDY WESTON (p)
CECIL PAYNE (bs except on #6 & 9)
AHMED ABDUL-MALIK (b)
AL DREARES (d).
On track 9: Ahmed Abdul-Malik & Al Dreares out.
Recorded at Cafe Bohemia, New York City, Oct. 14, 1956
CD 1
01. The Man I Love (G. & I. Gershwin) 4:01
02. Serenade in Blue (Warren-Gordon) 2:52
03. I Can’t Get Started (Duke-Gershwin) 8:42
04. This Can’t Be Love (Rodgers-Hart) 2:59
05. These Foolish Things (Strachey-Link-Marvell) 4:35
06. Lifetime (Weston) 4:14
07. Do Nothin’ till You Hear from Me (Ellington-Russell) 5:12
08. Little Niles (Weston) 4:52
09. Loose Wig (Weston) 2:58
10. Run Joe (Jordan-Merrick-Willoughby) 3:40
11. A Theme for Teddy (Weston) 5:38
12. In a Little Spanish Town (Lewis-Wayne-Young) 2:59
13. Don’t Blame Me (Fields-McHugh) 5:15
14. J.K. Blues (Weston) 4:14
CD 2
01. Well You Need’t (Monk-McRae) 4:58
02. How High the Moon (Hampton-Lewis) 4:46
03. Stormy Weather (Arlen-Koehler) 5:06
04. Theme - Solemn Meditation (Gill) 0:46
05. Just a Riff (Catlett) 9:50
06. You Go to My Head (Coots-Gillespie) 6:10
07. Once in a While (Edwards-Green) 6:25
08. Hold ‘Em Joe (Traditional) 7:24
09. It’s All Right with Me (Porter) 3:44
10. Chessman’s Delight (Weston) 9:25
11. Theme - Solemn Meditation (Gill) 1:23
When these well-crafted mid-fifties sessions were made, Randy Weston had a working trio and he and Cecil Payne were frequent partners, which accounts for the music’s general air of ease. It’s particularly true of the studio dates, With ‘These Hands’ and ‘The Modern Art Of Jazz’, in which Payne’s fluently mobile, surprisingly light and legato baritone makes an effective balance to Weston’s more percussive piano. Weston, recognised as one of the most original voices to emerge from under Thelonious Monk’s umbrella, lives up to the praise heaped on him, while the marvellous Payne rivals perhaps his greatest baritone contemporary, Serge Chaloff.
Highlights include the debut of Weston’s gorgeously exotic “Little Niles”, “The Man I Love” and “These Foolish Things” (taken much faster than usual) and the calypso-like “Run Joe”, to which trumpeter Ray Copeland ebulliently adds a Mexican spice. The live ‘Jazz A La Bohemia’ is a relaxed affair, with Weston especially striking in a trio version of “You Go to My Head”. Piano and baritone are spurred on by the exuberant calypso “Run Joe” and stretch out rewardingly on “Just a Riff”. The most intriguing performance is Weston’s minor key but uptempo “Chessman’s Delight”, with both stimulated to produce possibly their best work on the date.
PERSONNEL:
CD 1 (1-8) from the Riverside album With These Hands (RLP 12-214)
RANDY WESTON (p)
CECIL PAYNE (bs on 1, 3, 5-8)
AHMED ABDUL-MALIK (b)
WILBERT HOGAN (d)
Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, March 14 & 21, 1956
CD 1(9-14) & CD 2 (1-2) from the album The Modern Art of Jazz (Dawn DLP1116)
RANDY WESTON (p)
AHMED ABDUL-MALIK (b)
WILLIE JONES (d).
On tracks 10, 12 & 14:
RAY COPELAND (tp), CECIL PAYNE (bs) added,
WILBERT HOGAN replaces JONES.
Recorded in New York City, November 21 (#10, 12 & 14) & 22 (#9, 11 & 13), 1956
CD 2 (3) from the Harmony album Various Artists: Modern Jazz Festival”(HL 7196)
CD 2 (4-11) from the Riverside album Jazz A La Bohemia (RLP 12-232)
RANDY WESTON (p)
CECIL PAYNE (bs except on #6 & 9)
AHMED ABDUL-MALIK (b)
AL DREARES (d).
On track 9: Ahmed Abdul-Malik & Al Dreares out.
Recorded at Cafe Bohemia, New York City, Oct. 14, 1956
CD 1
01. The Man I Love (G. & I. Gershwin) 4:01
02. Serenade in Blue (Warren-Gordon) 2:52
03. I Can’t Get Started (Duke-Gershwin) 8:42
04. This Can’t Be Love (Rodgers-Hart) 2:59
05. These Foolish Things (Strachey-Link-Marvell) 4:35
06. Lifetime (Weston) 4:14
07. Do Nothin’ till You Hear from Me (Ellington-Russell) 5:12
08. Little Niles (Weston) 4:52
09. Loose Wig (Weston) 2:58
10. Run Joe (Jordan-Merrick-Willoughby) 3:40
11. A Theme for Teddy (Weston) 5:38
12. In a Little Spanish Town (Lewis-Wayne-Young) 2:59
13. Don’t Blame Me (Fields-McHugh) 5:15
14. J.K. Blues (Weston) 4:14
CD 2
01. Well You Need’t (Monk-McRae) 4:58
02. How High the Moon (Hampton-Lewis) 4:46
03. Stormy Weather (Arlen-Koehler) 5:06
04. Theme - Solemn Meditation (Gill) 0:46
05. Just a Riff (Catlett) 9:50
06. You Go to My Head (Coots-Gillespie) 6:10
07. Once in a While (Edwards-Green) 6:25
08. Hold ‘Em Joe (Traditional) 7:24
09. It’s All Right with Me (Porter) 3:44
10. Chessman’s Delight (Weston) 9:25
11. Theme - Solemn Meditation (Gill) 1:23
