€ 9.95 (USD 11.83)

Kenny Clarke

Pepper Adams

Tommy Flanagan

Kenny Burrell

Paul Chambers

Jazzmen Detroit - Complete Sessions

Kenny Clarke

The complete sessions that produced this classic 1950s Motor City album, gathered here for the first time, are living proof of what a great spawning ground Detroit was for modern jazz.

The relaxed, conversational playing is beautifully poised and the rhythm section a finely-knit unit, flowing, full-sounding but not overbearing, in which Tommy Flanagan solos with his customary unhurried, functional taste and sensitive touch, Paul Chambers, with his full, resonant sound, shows why he was considered the most exciting new bassist on the scene, and – as the only ringer in the group - Kenny Clarke was the doyen of contemporary bop drummers.

The stellar quintet is completed by two of the best young jazzmen then around in guitarist Kenny Burrell and baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams.

Eloquent, dynamic and inventive, this is Detroit jazz at its finest.


Tracklisting:

01. Cotton Tail (Ellington) 5:26
02. But Not For Me (G. & I. Gershwin) 3:55
03. Your Host (Burrell) 5:11
04. Tricrotism (Pettiford) 5:39
05. Tom’s Thumb (Burrell) 6:29
06. You Turned The Tables On Me (Alter-Mitchell) 4:38
07. Afternoon In Paris (Lewis) 5:45
08. Apothegm (Adams) 5:17

Total time: 43:00 min.



Tracks #1,3,5-8 originally issued on
"Jazzmen: Detroit" (Savoy MG 12083)

Track #2 originally issued on the album
"Kenny Clarke Meets The Detroit Jazzmen"
(Vogue VG 655650143)

Track #4 originally issued on the album
"Kenny Clarke Meets The Detroit Jazzmen"
(Savoy SJL 1111)



Personnel on all tracks:

Pepper Adams (bs), Tommy Flanagan (p), Kenny Burrell (g), Paul Chambers (b) and Kenny Clarke (d).

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack,
New Jersey, on April 30 (#1-5), and May 9 (#6-8), 1956.



Originally produced by Ozzie Cadena.
Recording engineer: Rudy Van Gelder.

Reissue produced by Jordi Pujol and "Beethoven" Jean-Michel Reisser.

24-Bit Digitally Remastered


---------------------------------------------------------

Notes:

"[...] Burrell has the edge, though, in writing credits with the contribution of two tunes: the quietly assured "Your Host" and the bluesy, hard bop line "Tom's Thumb." Adams offers his leisurely, sophisticated "Apothegm" to the date. Flanagan, for his part, is pure elegance, subtlety, and swing. With the exception of drummer Kenny Clarke, all the players hail from the motor city. Coming up through the same hometown music scene may help account for the fine group interplay. It's also apparent the musicians had the luxury of working through these tunes before sitting down to record. The result does full justice to the fine writing and arranging and allows for thoughtfully developed improvisations. Ensemble entries are crisp and assured, as are the entrances by all soloists. Burrell favors a dry, clean attack here, while Adams reins in his more full-throated tendencies. Clarke, Flanagan, and bassist Paul Chambers support with consummate taste. The overall mood may be a bit too polite, but this remains a classy, near classic performance. There's no padding, although, the running time is brief. The sound recording is excellent."

Jim Todd -All Music Guide

Related Products

FSRCD 604 Pepper Adams Plays The Compositions Of Charlie Mingus Pepper Adams

FSRCD 610 Chamber's Music - A Jazz Delegation From The East Paul Chambers