Introducing The Mastersounds: Water's Edge

Mastersounds

With almost the same instrumentation as the Modern Jazz Quartet, The Mastersounds burst on the late-50s scene when the MJQ was already established as the pre-eminent small group in jazz. But they were no imitators. Where the MJQ was all seriousness and sophisticated classical borrowings, the Mastersounds set out to get feet tapping, aided by the distinctive sound of Monk Montgomery’s Fender bass. It worked. After securing a three-month booking at a club in Seattle during January 1957, the group went to play at San Francisco’s Jazz Showcase, where producer Dick Bock discovered them. They were on their way, becoming the most successful quartet since the MJQ’s advent. Popular (and once voted best new small combo in Down Beat’s critics poll) they disbanded in 1961. This CD presents their debut recordings, redolent of the time when they first caught the moment.

RECORDED Hollywood 1957


Trackinglist:

01. Un poco loco
02. Wes’ Tune
03. Lover
04. Dexter’s Deck
05. IF I Should Lose You
06. That Old Devil Moon
07. The Queen And I
08. Spring Is Here
09. Water’s Edge
10. Drum Tune
11. Bela By Barlight
12. Caravan

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