Lennie Niehaus

Featuring Stu Williamson (tp, tb), Frank Rosolino (tb), Vince DeRosa (frh), Jay McAllister (tba), Bill Perkins (ts), Jimmy Giuffre, Pepper Adams (bs), Hampton Hawes (p), Buddy Clark, Red Mitchell (b), Shelly Manne, Mel Lewis (d). Recorded in California Jan & Dec 1956.

This CD includes three sessions in each of the abovementioned formats, taken from "Lennie Niehaus Vol. 5: The Sextet (LP)", "Lennie Niehaus Vol. 1: The Quintets (LP) and "The Lennie Niehaus Octet!: Zounds! (LP)". Includes original compositions and outstanding versions of standards such as "Thou Swell", "I Wished on the Moon", "Poinciana", "I Should Care", "As Long as I Live", "I Can't Believe that You're in Love with Me", "Four".

Total time: 75:42 mins.

This is part three of an outstanding four-volume collection from Lone Hill Jazz, which features all of the 13 sessions that West Coast alto saxophonist Lennie Niehaus recorded as a leader during his career from 1954-1957. These new editions scrupulously respect the chronological order of the distinct sessions, which were presented in a rather chaotic fashion in their day.