Howard McGhee

3 LPs ON 1 CD

A contemporary of Dizzy Gillespie, Howard McGhee (1918-1987) left an indelible mark on the history of modern jazz as it developed in the 1940s. He was the first important post-swing-style (i.e., bebop) trumpeter after Gillespie himself. Despite the fact that in 1949 he had won first place in the trumpet category of the Down Beat Readers Poll, he fell into a decline that kept him in almost total obscurity through the 1950s. It was a period that was probably necessary for McGhee to achieve real musical maturity.

FEATURING:

HOWARD McGHEE, trumpet
BENNIE GREEN, trombone
TEDDY EDWARD, ROLAND ALEXANDER, PEPER ADAMS, saxes
TOMMY FLANAGAN, PHINEAS NEWBORN, Jr, paiano
LEROY VINNEGAR, RAY BROWN, RON CARTER, bass
SHELLY MANNE, ED THIGPEN, WALTER BOLDEN, drums

CD 1 (1-7) from the Contemporary album Maggie's Back in Town! (S7596)
Los Angeles, June 26, 1961

CD 1(8-10) & CD 2, (1-3) from the Contemporary album Together Again!!!! (S7588)
Los Angeles, May 15 & 17, 1961

CD 2 (4-12) from the Bethlehem album Busty Blue (BCP 6055)
New York, June 13, 1960

CD 1
01. Demon Chase
02. Willow, Weep for Me
03. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
04. Sunset Eyes
05. Maggie’s Back in Town
06. Summertime
07. Brownie Speaks
08. Together Again
09. You Stepped Out of a Dream
10. Up There

CD 2
01. Perhaps
02. Misty
03. Sandy
04. Dusty Blue
05. The Sound of Music
06. I Concentrate on You
07. Sleep Talk
08. Park Avenue Petite
09. Flying Colors
10. With Malice Towards None
11. Groovin’ High
12. A Cottage for Sale