Gene Quill - or “Tiger” as he was affectionately called by his cohorts in New York - was born in Atlantic City, N.J. in 1927. Unmistakably a Parker inspired musician and a brilliant, hard-edged, imaginative soloist with a tight, strained sound, he had a very characteristic attack that revealed Bird’s influence in his tone and the shape of his lines.
PERSONNEL:
(1-5) Gene Quill Quintet
Dick Sherman (tp)
Gene Quill (as)
Argonne Thornton (p
Buddy Jones (b)
& Sol Gubin (d).
Recorded at Pythian Temple, New York,
on November 7, 1955.
(6-10) Gene Quill Quintet
Dick Sherman (tp)
Gene Quill (as)
Dick Katz (p)
Teddy Kotick (b)
Osie Johnson (d).
Recorded in New York, on December 8, 1955.
(11-14) Gene Quill Quintet
Gene Quill (as)
Terry Pollard (p)
Dick Garcia (g)
Bill Anthony (b)
Frank Isola (d).
Recorded in New York, 1956.
(15-18) Gene Quill Quartet
Gene Quill (as)
Hank Jones (p)
Barry Galbraith (g)
Milt Hinton (b)
Osie Johnson (d).
Recorded in New York, on June 26, 1956.
Original sources:
(1-4) from the Coral album "Al 'Jazzbo' Collins Presents the East Coast Jazz Scene" (CRL-57035).
(5) taken from the Brunswick album "Concert Jazz" (BL-54027).
(6-9) from the Dawn album "Jazzville '56, Vol.1" (DLP-1101).
(10) from the Jazztone (Europe) album "Modern Jazz Festival" (J-1245).
(11-14) from the Dick Garcia Dawn album "A Message From Garcia" (DLP-1106).
(15-17) from the Epic album "Rhythm Plus One" (LN-3297).
(18) from the Epic album "After Hours Jazz" (LN-3339).
Tracks:
01. Introduction by Al “Jazzbo” Collins 0:50
02. Flying Down to Rio (Kahn-Eliscu-Youmans) 6:22
03. The Things We Did Last Summer (Styne-Cahn) 6:22
04. Darn That Dream (van Heusen-De Lange) 3:59
05. Sid Meets Haig (Sherman) 4:49
06. Blues for the Camels (Katz) 5:34
07. Lover Man (Davis-Sherman-Ramirez) 3:52
08. Achilles’ Heel (Sherman) 6:08
09. Everything Happens to Me (Dennis-Adair) 3:48
10. Rubbin’ the Genie (Sins) 4:57
11. If I’m Lucky (Darwin-Girard) 3:55
12. The Deacon (Garcia) 2:45
13. It Could Happen to You (Burke-Van Heusen) 5:18
14. Stompin’ at the Savoy
(Sampson-Goodman-Webb-Razaf) 2:11
15. Round Table (Jones) 2:56
16. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Kern-Harbach) 3:16
17. I Don’t Know (Quill) 3:11
18. Tangerine (Grouya-Anderson) 3:23
Total time: 71:00 aprox