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This CD features the leader recording premieres of trumpeter Richard Williams and reedman Leo Wright, whose emergence created quite a stir on the late Fifties jazz scene. Both played on each other’s debuts. Williams, whose power, range and ideas had impressed hugely with the Oliver Nelson and Gigi Gryce groups, made his expected appearance as leader with “New Horn in Town”, while Wright, whose direct, exciting alto and flute were showcased when he joined Dizzy Gillespie’s quintet in 1959, debuted with “Blues Shout”. Both were made in 1960 and fulfilled expectations of two rising young talents.
In these quintet sessions Williams displays his capacity for explosive and inventive playing, with the scope, sweep, conception, technique and the versatility of an assured young lion. Wright’s excellence is also self-evident, regardless of instrument; his style is straight-ahead, warm and emotional, uncluttered and flowing. To complete the success of these debut sessions, both rhythm sections provide vigorous, swinging support, with pianists Richard Wyands and Junior Mance adding further solo voices idiomatically on the button.

PERSONNEL:

[1-7] from the album New Horn in Town (Candid Stereo 9003)
RICHARD WILLIAMS,  trumpet
LEO WRIGHT, alto sax, flute
RICHARD WYANDS, piano
REGGIE WORKMAN, bass
BOBBY THOMAS, drums
Recorded at Nola Penthouse Sound Studio, New York City, on November 19, 1960.

[8-11] fare taken from the album Blues Shout (Atlantic SD1358)
RICHARD WILLIAMS,  trumpet
LEO WRIGHT, alto sax, flute
JUNIOR MANCE, piano
ART DAVIS, bass
& CHARLIE PERSIP, drums
Recorded in New York City, on May 25, 1960

01. I Can Dream, Can’t I?
02. I Remember Clifford
03. Ferris Wheel
04. Raucous Notes
05. Blues in a Quandar
06. Over the Rainbow
07. Renita’s Bounce
08. Blues Shout
09. A Night in Tunisia
10. The Wind
11. Two Moods