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Booker Little
Booker Little
Featuring: Booker Little (tp), Wynton Kelly (p on #3 & 5), Tommy Flanagan (p), Scott Lafaro (b), Roy Haynes (d)
REFERENCE: ST 2006
BAR CODE: 8427328449069
Disque CHOC by Jazzman Magazine
5***** by All Music Guide
Tracklisting:
1. Opening Statement - 6:42
2. Minor Sweet - 5:38
3. Bee Tee's Minor Plea - 5:40
4. Life's a Little Blue - 6:53
5. Grand Valse - 4:57
6. Who Can I Turn To? - 5:25
All Compositions by Booker Little except #6 by A.Wilder/B.Engvick.
Recorded in NYC, April 13 & 15, 1960
Review:
"Trumpeter Booker Little's second session as a leader (there would only be four) is a quartet outing (with either Wynton Kelly or Tommy Flanagan on piano, bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Roy Haynes) that puts the emphasis on relaxed tempoes. Little's immediately recognizable melancholy sound and lyrical style are heard in top form on "Who Can I Turn To" and five of his originals, some of which deserve to be revived. His jazz waltz "The Grand Valse" (inspired by Sonny Rollins' "Valse Hot") is a highpoint of this set which has been reissued by Bainbridge/Time on CD."
— Scott Yanow (All Music Guide)
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