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Candid Recordings : Big Brass + Rights of Swing (FSRCD 746)
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Candid Recordings : Big Brass + Rights of Swing
Benny Bailey
Fresh Sound Records
8427328607469
ZZZ 137264
FSRCD 746
JAZZ
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Candid Recordings : Big Brass + Rights of Swing
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2 LPs ON 1 CD
This memorable pairing of trumpeter Benny Bailey’s Big Brass and altoist Phil Woods’ Rights of Swing unites two albums which illustrate the virtues and the possibilities of the hard bop idiom. Made within months of each other at the start of the 1960s, they share largely the same brilliant players, but use them somewhat differently to achieve outstanding results. For Big Brass Bailey had a blowing septet that included Woods, pianist Tommy Flanagan and French hornist Julius Watkins, and a programme mostly of originals, including pieces by Quincy Jones and Oliver Nelson. Simple arrangements gave the soloists a chance to shine and they took it, with Bailey, Woods, Flanagan and Watkins outstanding on the blues “Hard Sock Dance” and “Maud’s Mood” (with Woods on bass clarinet), and on “Tipsy” and “Please Say Yes” in particular.
PERSONNEL:
(1-6): from the album Benny Bailey – Big Brass (Candid CJS9011)
BENNY BAILEY, trumpet
JULIUS WATKINS, flugelhorn. Except on track 5
PHIL WOODS, alto sax on 1,2,3 & 4, bass clarinet on 6)
TOMMY FLANAGAN, piano
LES SPANN, flute, guitar
BUDDY CATLLET, bass
ART TAYLOR, drums
Recorded at Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, New York City, November 25, 1960
(7-11): from the album Phil Woods – Rights of Swing (Candid CJS9016)
Phil Woods’ Ensemble:
BENNY BAILEY, trumpet
CURTIS FULLER, trombone
JULIUS WATKINS, flugelhorn
PHIL WOODS, alto sax
SAHIB SHIHAB, baritone sax
TOMMY FLANAGAN, piano
BUDDY CATLLET, bass
OSIE JOHNSON, drums
Composed and arranged by Phil Woods.
On track 11: WILLIE DENNIS, trombone and MICKEY ROKER, drums, replaces Fuller and Johnson
Recorded at Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, New York City, January 26 & February 10 (#11) 1961
TRACKS:
01. Hard Sock Dance (Quincy Jones) 5:46
02. Alison (Hale Smith) 6:48
03. Tipsy (Oliver Nelson) 6:59
04. Please Say Yes (Tom McIntosh) 5:58
05. A Kiss To Build a Dream On
(Hammerstein II-Kalmar-Ruby) 8:07
06. Maud’s Mood (Benny Bailey) 6:29
07. Prelude and Part I 6:34
08. Part II (Ballad) 7:40
09. Part III (Waltz) 5:40
10. Part IV (Scherzo) 11:22
11. Part V (Presto) 7:17
This memorable pairing of trumpeter Benny Bailey’s Big Brass and altoist Phil Woods’ Rights of Swing unites two albums which illustrate the virtues and the possibilities of the hard bop idiom. Made within months of each other at the start of the 1960s, they share largely the same brilliant players, but use them somewhat differently to achieve outstanding results. For Big Brass Bailey had a blowing septet that included Woods, pianist Tommy Flanagan and French hornist Julius Watkins, and a programme mostly of originals, including pieces by Quincy Jones and Oliver Nelson. Simple arrangements gave the soloists a chance to shine and they took it, with Bailey, Woods, Flanagan and Watkins outstanding on the blues “Hard Sock Dance” and “Maud’s Mood” (with Woods on bass clarinet), and on “Tipsy” and “Please Say Yes” in particular.
PERSONNEL:
(1-6): from the album Benny Bailey – Big Brass (Candid CJS9011)
BENNY BAILEY, trumpet
JULIUS WATKINS, flugelhorn. Except on track 5
PHIL WOODS, alto sax on 1,2,3 & 4, bass clarinet on 6)
TOMMY FLANAGAN, piano
LES SPANN, flute, guitar
BUDDY CATLLET, bass
ART TAYLOR, drums
Recorded at Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, New York City, November 25, 1960
(7-11): from the album Phil Woods – Rights of Swing (Candid CJS9016)
Phil Woods’ Ensemble:
BENNY BAILEY, trumpet
CURTIS FULLER, trombone
JULIUS WATKINS, flugelhorn
PHIL WOODS, alto sax
SAHIB SHIHAB, baritone sax
TOMMY FLANAGAN, piano
BUDDY CATLLET, bass
OSIE JOHNSON, drums
Composed and arranged by Phil Woods.
On track 11: WILLIE DENNIS, trombone and MICKEY ROKER, drums, replaces Fuller and Johnson
Recorded at Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, New York City, January 26 & February 10 (#11) 1961
TRACKS:
01. Hard Sock Dance (Quincy Jones) 5:46
02. Alison (Hale Smith) 6:48
03. Tipsy (Oliver Nelson) 6:59
04. Please Say Yes (Tom McIntosh) 5:58
05. A Kiss To Build a Dream On
(Hammerstein II-Kalmar-Ruby) 8:07
06. Maud’s Mood (Benny Bailey) 6:29
07. Prelude and Part I 6:34
08. Part II (Ballad) 7:40
09. Part III (Waltz) 5:40
10. Part IV (Scherzo) 11:22
11. Part V (Presto) 7:17
