Frank Strazzeri

Strazzatonic (FSR-CD 886)

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Strazzatonic

Frank Strazzeri

Fresh Sound Records

8427328608862

ABS 148762

FSR-CD 886

JAZZ

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Strazzatonic

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An utterly devoted jazz musician, Frank Strazzeri transformed his many influences, among them Bud Powell, Horace Silver, Carl Perkins, Hank Jones, into an inventive, direct, exciting, cliché-free personal expression, distinguished by an absence of superfluous gesture, and delivered with a crisp, bright sound in medium and fast tempos. And he was also to reveal a considerable talent as a composer on his own records.

On the three albums included here, Taurus (1973), Frames (1975) and After the Rain (1975), he wrote all of the material and used, including Don Menza, Frank Rosolino, Gary Barone, Conte Candoli, Gene Cherico and Bobby Shew, who spoke glowingly of him as “a giant, a master, an incredibly underrated player, a complete genius.” These albums show why he was so revered by his peers.

PERSONNEL ON CD 1 [1-6]: TAURUS (Revelation Records REV-20)
Later issued as "View From Within" (Creative World CW 3003)

CONTE CANDOLI, trumpet
FRANK ROSOLINO, DON MENZA, tenor sax, flute
FRANK STRAZZERI, piano
GENE CHERICO, bass
DICK BERK, drums

Recorded at Sage & Sound, Hollywood, Jan. 6, 1973.

PERSONNEL ON CD 1 [7-9] AND CD 2 [1-3]: FRAMES (Glendale Records GLS 6002)

GARY BARONE, trumpet
FRANK ROSOLINO, trombone
DON MENZA, tenor & soprano sax
FRANK STRAZZERI, piano
STEVE SCHAEFFER, drums
ALLEN CECCHI, CHUCK PISTICELLO, percussion

Recorded at Sage & Sound, Hollywood, spring 1975

PERSONNEL ON CD 2 [4-9]: AFTER THE RAIN (Catalyst Records CAT-7607)

BOBBY SHEW, trumpet, flugelhorn
SAM MOST, tenor sax, flute
FRANK STRAZZERI, piano, synthesize
HARVEY NEWMARK, bass
STEVE STRAZERRI, drums
DON ALIAS, percussion

Recorded at Sage & Sound, Hollywood, summer 1975.

CD 1

01. Taurus
02. Lazy Moments
03. Strazzatonic
04. Calcutta
05. Sphinx
06. View from Within
07. Injun-Jo
08. Ballad of the Matador
09. Jo Gee

CD 2

01. La Mosca
02. Frames
03. Evening in Madrid
04. After the Rain
05. Philadelphia Flyer
06. Rush Hour
07. Blue Dawn
08. The Third Eye
09. Cloudburst 9:50