George Russell

• AUDIOPHILE VINYL REISSUES

• Deluxe gatefold packaging

• 180-gram vinyl

New York, N.Y. is a high point in the work of leading jazz composer and arranger George Russell. Russell was an early advocate for Modal Jazz and the conceptualizer of the influential Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization. For this 1959 Decca classic, Russell assembled an all-star orchestra, including John Coltrane, Bill Evans (a frequent Russell collaborator), Art Farmer, Bob Brookmeyer and Milt Hinton, among others. Singer Jon Hendricks provided beatnik-style, stream-of-consciousness narrations that opened and closed this landmark album

PERSONNEL:

• George Duvivier, Milt Hinton - bass
• Al Epstein - bongos
• Charlie Persip, Don Lamond, Max Roach - drums
• Barry Galbraith - guitar
• Bill Evans - piano

• Saxophone:
• Al Cohn
• Benny Golson
• Gene Allen
• McKusick
• John Coltrane
• Phil Woods
• Sol Schlinger

• Trombone
• Bob Brookmeyer
• Frank Rehak
• Jim Cleveland
• Tom Mitchell

• Trumpet
• Art Farmer
• Doc Severinsen
• Ernie Royal
• Joe Ferrante
• Joe Wilder

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Manhattan
• A2. Big City Blues

• SIDE B
• B1. Manhatta-Rico
• B2. East Side Medley: Autumn In New York / How About You
• B3. A Helluva Town