Sam `The Man´ Taylor

• 2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD

• FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON CD!!!!

• INCLUDES 2O-PAGE BOOKLET

This release presents the complete Sam “The Man” Taylor LP Plays The Bad and the Beautiful (Moodsville MVLP-24), which appears here on CD for the first time ever. The album features Taylor as the sole horn fronting a quintet.

The material consists of the celebrated David Raksin theme song from the 1952 movie by the same title, plus seven other songs related to female lead characters from a selection of famous films.

As a bonus, the complete album Jazz for Commuters & Salute to the Saxes (MGM Stereo E1008), which showcases Taylor surrounded by various jazz stars, such as Budd Johnson (who also wrote all of the arrangements), Georgie Auld, Charlie Shavers, Thad Jones, and Hank Jones.

PERSONNEL:

• SAM “THE MAN” TAYLOR, tenor sax
• LLOYD MAYERS, piano
• WALLY RICHARDSON, guitar
• ART DAVIS, bass
• ED SHAUGHNESSY, drums

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, February 20, 1962.

• [9-18] BONUS ALBUM: JAZZ FOR COMMUTERS & SALUTE TO THE SAXES
• COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL:
• SAM “THE MAN” TAYLOR, BUDD JOHNSON, GEORGIE AULD (ts), CHARLIE SHAVERS, THAD JONES (tp), FRANK REHAK(tb), HANK JONES (p), BARRY GALBRAITH, BILLY BAUER (g), MILT HINTON (b), OSIE JOHNSON (d), among others. New York, October 15 & 22, 1958.

TRACKS:

• 01 The Bad and the Beautiful (*)
• 02 Anna (*)
• 03 Ruby (*)
• 04 Suzie Wong (*)
• 05 Gloria (*)
• 06 Laura (*)
• 07 Anastasia (*)
• 08 Song of the Barefoot Contessa (*)
• 09 Bucks County Bounce (**)
• 10 Long Island Railroad Blues (**)
• 11 Westchester Waltz (**)
• 12 Rockland County Round Trip (**)
• 13 Westport Wail (**)
• 14 Lester Leaps in [for Lester Young] (**)
• 15 Body and Soul [for Coleman Hawkins] (**)
• 16 Air Mail Special [for Georgie Auld] (**)v
• 17 All too Soon [for Ben Webster] (**)
• 18 Flyin’ Home [for Illinois Jacquet] (**)

• TOTAL TIME: 78:09