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Turning Point + Free (FSRCD 750)
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Turning Point + Free
Benny Golson
Fresh Sound Records
8427328607506
ABS 137260
FSRCD 750
JAZZ
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Turning Point + Free
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2 LPs ON 1 CD
These two relatively rare early-60s Benny Golson albums catch him in powerful form. The tenor saxophonist had by then absorbed his original Don Byas-Lucky Thompson-Coleman Hawkins influences into a distinctively personal style which also showed he had listened to Sonny Rollins and Ben Webster. And, spurred on by two exceptional rhythm sections, he is emphatically his own man, delivering a series of fine solos on both albums.
The first, Turning Point, is marked by a considerable degree of excellent playing and stimulating interchanges, particularly involving a vibrant Wynton Kelly and the sheer lift and drive generated by Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb. About the second album’s title Free, Golson explained that, “it does not mean ‘free’ in the sense of abstraction or surrealism but rather as an opportunity to work within the framework of a quartet which offers me many more possibilities for exploring my horn.” On it Tommy Flanagan contributes some gemlike solos and comps brilliantly, while Ron Carter and Art Taylor complete a supply supportive rhythm section. Throughout, the rich melodic content of Golson’s solos and his vigorous attack are signal virtues of two rewarding albums.
PERSONNEL:
(1-7) from the album Turning Point (Mercury SR 60801)
BENNY GOLSON (ts)
WYNTON KELLY (p)
PAUL CHAMBERS (b)
JIMMY COBB (d)
Recorded in New York City, October 30 & 31 & November 1, 1962
(8-13) from the album Free (Argo LP-716)
BENNY GOLSON (ts)
TOMMY FLANAGAN (p)
RON CARTER (b)
ART TAYLOR (d)
Recorded in New York City, December, 1962
TRACKS:
01. How Am I to Know? (Parker-King) 3:47
02. The Masquerade Is Over (Magidson-Wrubel) 4:37
03. Dear Kathy (Golson) 4:46
04. Three Little Words (Ruby-Kalmar) 4:37
05. Turning Point (Golson) 3:55
06. Stella by Starlight (Young-Washington) 4:49
07. Alone Together (Howard Dietz-Walter Schwartz) 7:30
08. Sock Cha Cha (Davis) 7:01
09. Mad About the Boy (Coward) 7:16
10. Just by Myself (Golson) 5:47
11. Shades of Stein (Golson) 4:30
12. My Romance (Rodgers-Hart) 7:27
13. Just In Time (Comden-Green) 5:56
These two relatively rare early-60s Benny Golson albums catch him in powerful form. The tenor saxophonist had by then absorbed his original Don Byas-Lucky Thompson-Coleman Hawkins influences into a distinctively personal style which also showed he had listened to Sonny Rollins and Ben Webster. And, spurred on by two exceptional rhythm sections, he is emphatically his own man, delivering a series of fine solos on both albums.
The first, Turning Point, is marked by a considerable degree of excellent playing and stimulating interchanges, particularly involving a vibrant Wynton Kelly and the sheer lift and drive generated by Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb. About the second album’s title Free, Golson explained that, “it does not mean ‘free’ in the sense of abstraction or surrealism but rather as an opportunity to work within the framework of a quartet which offers me many more possibilities for exploring my horn.” On it Tommy Flanagan contributes some gemlike solos and comps brilliantly, while Ron Carter and Art Taylor complete a supply supportive rhythm section. Throughout, the rich melodic content of Golson’s solos and his vigorous attack are signal virtues of two rewarding albums.
PERSONNEL:
(1-7) from the album Turning Point (Mercury SR 60801)
BENNY GOLSON (ts)
WYNTON KELLY (p)
PAUL CHAMBERS (b)
JIMMY COBB (d)
Recorded in New York City, October 30 & 31 & November 1, 1962
(8-13) from the album Free (Argo LP-716)
BENNY GOLSON (ts)
TOMMY FLANAGAN (p)
RON CARTER (b)
ART TAYLOR (d)
Recorded in New York City, December, 1962
TRACKS:
01. How Am I to Know? (Parker-King) 3:47
02. The Masquerade Is Over (Magidson-Wrubel) 4:37
03. Dear Kathy (Golson) 4:46
04. Three Little Words (Ruby-Kalmar) 4:37
05. Turning Point (Golson) 3:55
06. Stella by Starlight (Young-Washington) 4:49
07. Alone Together (Howard Dietz-Walter Schwartz) 7:30
08. Sock Cha Cha (Davis) 7:01
09. Mad About the Boy (Coward) 7:16
10. Just by Myself (Golson) 5:47
11. Shades of Stein (Golson) 4:30
12. My Romance (Rodgers-Hart) 7:27
13. Just In Time (Comden-Green) 5:56
