The Small Group Recordings (LHJ 10322)

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The Small Group Recordings

Lone Hill Jazz

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LHJ 117983

LHJ 10322

JAZZ

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The Small Group Recordings

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THIS COLLECTION COMPILES ALL OF MAINI'S SMALL GROUP RECORDINGS (WITH THE SOLE EXCEPTION OF THE ALREADY WELL KNOWN 100-MINUTE CLIFFORD BROWN-MAX ROACH 1954 JAM SESSION). THE JANE FIELDING ALBUM AND THE JOE MAINI SEXTET SESSION, AS WELL AS THE SHORTY ROGERS TV BROADCAST, APPEAR HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON CD!

INCLUDES A 20-PAGE BOOKLET WITH RARE PHOTOS AND INSIGHFUL INFORMATION!!

JOE MAINI, alto sax, playing in small group settings (mainly ranging from quartets to sextets), including: Shelly Manne & His Men, Jack Sheldon Quintet, Red Mitchell Quintet, Kenny Drew Quartet, Jimmy Knepper Quintet, Jane Fielding with the Kenny Drew Quartet, Shorty Rogers & His Giants and the Joe Maini Sextet.

ALSO FEATURING:


BILL HOLMAN, ZOOT SIMS, TEDDY EDWARDS,
tenor sax
CONTE CANDOLI, JACK SHELDON, SHORTY ROGERS, trumpet
BOB ENEVOLDSEN, JIMMY KNEPPER, trombone
JIMMY GIUFFRE, baritone sax
VICTOR FELDMAN, RED NORVO, vibraphone
KENNY DREW, RUSS FREEMAN LOU LEVY, piano
CHARLES MINGUS, PAUL CHAMBERS, RED MITCHELL, LEROY VINNEGAR, bass
SHELLY MANNE, MEL LEWIS, drums
among others


Recorded in Los Angeles & New York, between 1956 and 1962.

"Joe Maini was probably one of the most talented musicians "raw talent"that ever lived. He could play anything in any way. He was one of the greatest bebop alto and tenor players. He didn't own a clarinet, but he could play the hell out of a clarinet. He could sight read anything." - Terry Gibbs

"We played mostly casual gigs and it was a marvelous experience for me. We had a great band with Al Porcino, Mel Lewis and the late Joe Maini. Joe was a phenomenal lead alto player. He was the greatest I've ever played with and unless you sat next to him you couldn't understand how great he was."
-  Bill Perkins

CD1: 77:58
01 Grasshopper 2:52
02 Summer Night 3:20
03 Spring Is Here 2:44
04 You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me 3:15
05 Jam for Your Bread 4:38
06 Where or When 5:09
07 Section Blues 3:23
08 Duff 5:05
09 Ornithology 4:51
10 Will You Still Be Mine 4:14
11 I'll Never Be the Same 4:24
12 East Coast Outpost 3:59
13 You Go to My Head 4:46
14 Minor Incident 3:27
15 Dollar Day 3:38
16 Easy Terms 4:13
17 It's Only a Paper Moon 7:21
18 Leroy's Blues 5:58

CD2: 76:07
01 Contour 6:56
02 Talkin'-Walkin' 6:22
03 In the Prescribed Manner 5:09
04 Prelude to a Kiss 5:33
05 Wee Dot 5:47
06 Hidden Channel 4:52
07 Deadline 3:23
08 I'm Old Fashioned 5:00
09 Minor Blues (Blues In A Cardboard Box) 5:45
10 Walkin' - Talkin' 5:44
11 Embers Glow 3:53
12 Our Waltz 2:27
13 Key Largo 3:10
14 Along with Me 3:06
15 In Love in Vain 2:44
16 'Round Midnight 3:39
17 Too Marvelous for Words 2:30

CD 3: 72:04

01 Make the Men Love Me 2:50
02 Right Boy for Me 3:18
03 All Dressed Up Tonight and No Place to Go 1:56
04 Latter Day Saint 4:04
05 Cunningbird 4:50
06 The Jumpin' Blues (Jump the Blues Away) 4:57
07 The Masher 3:37
08 Latter Day Saint (alternate take 1) 5:26
09 Latter Day Saint (alternate take 2) 3:47
10 Latter Day Saint (alternate take3) 3:55
11 The Masher (alternate take) 4:19
12 I'll Remember April 12:11
13 Indian Summer 5:34
14 The Theme 2:49
15 Long Ago and Far Away 1:59
16 A Night in Tunisia 3:50
17 Broadway 2:39

CD 4: 72:17
01 Concertino da Camera (Blues and Vanilla) 18:30
02 Shish-Ka-Bob 2:30
03 Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen 2:35
04 Martian Bossa Nova 6:26
05 I'm Gonna Go Fishin' 5:04
06 Time Was 5:35
07 Allen's Alley (Wee) 5:53
08 Blooz (take 1) 4:18
09 Blooz (take 2) 4:48
10 Sweet Georgia Brown (take 1) 7:31
11 Sweet Georgia Brown (take 2) 4:47
12 Auld Lang Syne 4:20