Plays

Charlie Mariano

Altoist Charlie Mariano, active since the late Forties playing around his native Boston, became much better known through his stay at Stan Kenton's orchestra (1953-1955). He managed to assert his own individual quality and his own musical importance while keeping a deep-seated devotion to Charlie Parker. On these early sides, recorded in Los Angeles, Mariano blows with a great deal of emotion, authority, bite and consistency,
showing why he became one of the most demanded studio sidemen in the West Coast (1953-1957) as well as one of the most important altoists in modern jazz since Charlie Parker.

Tracklisting:

1. 'S Nice 4:11
2. Chlo-E 4:06
3. Three Little Words 4:40
4. Green Walls 3:24
5. My Melancholy Baby 5:08
6. You Go To My Head 2:38
7. Slugger 3:17
8. There Will Never Be Another You 3:08
9. Sunday 3:14
10. Sapphire 3:20
11. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 3:27
12. Strike Up The Band 3:51
13. Just Max 3:39
14. Sweet Georgia Brown 2:50
15. I'll Never Smile Again 3:14
16. T.K. 3:23
17. Rubberneck 3:34
18. Jeppers Creepers 3:27

Tracks #1-5: Stu Williamson (tp), Frank Rosolino (tb), Charlie Mariano (as), Claude Williamson (p), Max Bennett (b), Stan Levey (d).
Recorded in Hollywood, December 21, 1953

#6: Omit Stu Williamson and Frank Rosolino.

#7-12: Same personnel, omit Frank Rosolino.
Recorded in Hollywood, January 18, 1955

#13-18: Same personnel, omit Stu Williamson.
Recorded in Hollywood, January 27, 1955