New Horn in Town + Blues Shout (1 LP & ½ on 1 CD)
  • Candid Stereo 9003
    Candid Stereo 9003
  • Atlantic SD1358
    Atlantic SD1358
  • Richard Williams
    Richard Williams
  • Leo Wright
    Leo Wright

Richard Williams & Leo Wright

New Horn in Town + Blues Shout (1 LP & ½ on 1 CD)

Fresh Sound Records

Personnel:
Richard Williams (tp), Leo Wright (as, fl), Richard Wyands, Junior Mance (p), Reggie Workman, Art Davis (b), Bobby Thomas, Charles Persip (d), Gigi Gryce (arr)

Reference: FSRCD 729

Bar code: 8427328607292

 THIS PRODUCT IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN THE U.S. 

This CD features the leader recording premieres of trumpeter Richard Williams and reedman Leo Wright, whose emergence created quite a stir on the late Fifties jazz scene.

Both played on each others debuts. Williams, whose power, range and ideas had impressed hugely with the Oliver Nelson and Gigi Gryce groups, made his expected appearance as leader with New Horn in Town, while Wright, whose direct, exciting alto and flute were showcased when he joined Dizzy Gillespies quintet in 1959, debuted with Blues Shout. Both were made in 1960 and fulfilled expectations of two rising young talents.

In these quintet sessions Williams displays his capacity for explosive and inventive playing, with the scope, sweep, conception, technique and the versatility of an assured young lion. Wrights excellence is also self-evident, regardless of instrument; his style is straight-ahead, warm and emotional, uncluttered and flowing. To complete the success of these debut sessions, both rhythm sections provide vigorous, swinging support, with pianists Richard Wyands and Junior Mance adding further solo voices idiomatically on the button.



01. I Can Dream, Cant I? (Kahal-Fain) 6:13
02. I Remember Clifford (Benny Golson) 6:21
03. Ferris Wheel (Richard Wyands) 4:56
04. Raucous Notes (Richard Williams) 4:42
05. Blues in a Quandary (Richard Williams) 4:35
06. Over the Rainbow (Harburg-Arlen) 8:39
07. Renitas Bounce (Richard Williams) 5:25
08. Blues Shout (Gigi Gryce) 4:56
09. A Night in Tunisia (Gillespie-Paparelli) 5:20
10. The Wind (Freeman-Gladstone) 4:38
11. Two Moods (Leo Wright) 5:48

Album details

Sources:
Tracks #1-7, from the album "New Horn in Town" (Candid Stereo 9003)
Tracks #8-11, taken from the album "Blues Shout" (Atlantic SD1358)

Personnel on tracks #1-7:
Richard Williams, trumpet; Leo Wright, alto sax on #1,3,4; flute on #2,5 & 7, Richard Wyands, piano; Reggie Workman, bass; Bobby Thomas, drums.
Recorded at Nola Penthouse Sound Studio, NYC, on November 19, 1960

Personnel on tracks #8-11:
Richard Williams, trumpet; Leo Wright, alto sax, and arranger on #11, Junior Mance, piano; Art Davis, bass; and Charlie Persip, drums. Gigi Gryce, arranger on #8,9 & 10.
Recorded in New York City, on May 25, 1960

Original recordings produced by Nat Hentoff (#1-7), and Nesuhi Ertegun (#8-11)
Produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol

Stereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered
__________________________________________________________________________________

Note: This CD release features only Side B from Leo Wrights album Blues Shout, which contained the quintet recordings with trumpeter Richard Williams and Wright playing alto sax. Side A of the album was recorded on a different date with the same rhythm section, but with Wright only on flute, and violinist Harry Lookofsky replacing Williams.

Press reviews

"This is classic tough bop played by two sadly short-lived figures from the period. Williams and Wright died when they were 54 and 58 respectively. Both were greater jazz musicians than they have been given credit for being.

Williams remained obscure despite satisfactory work for Mingus, Oliver Nelson and the big bands of Ellington, Clark Terry and Thad Jones-Mel Lewis. New Horn was his only album in what Richard Cook described as finally an undistinguished career. At the time I described him as having a tone like the side of a house, and his magnificent brazen sound graces all the tracks. Clifford shows what could have been. He could be thoughtful and inventive as well as explosive. I Can Dream is a number Williams heard Clifford Brown play, and he confirms himself as a disciple (his other influence appears to have been Navarro).

Wright had established himself in the Gillespie quintet at this time, and very effective he was there too during his three years with the group. He eventually followed his pal Carmell Jones to Germany and settled there, never to return to the States. He was a fine alto player, given to wailing, and he also played robust flute. Both leaders play impressively on Russ Freemans The Wind and both rhythm sections are as distinguished as they look on paper. Paired together the albums make a very attractive CD, pretty much without fault and a testimony to the recognition they should have had before now."

Steve Voce -February, 2013
More at www.jazzjournal.co.uk

Price:

9,95 €  (tax incl.)

Add to wishlist

Added to your wishlist.

You can manage your wishlist here.

You're not signed in

You must sign in to manage your wishlist.
Sign in
Delivery information:
Delivery in 5-7 days
Shipping rates Terms and conditions
Payment methods:
Share:

 

 

Customer reviews

Write a review

New Horn in Town + Blues Shout (1 LP & ½ on 1 CD)
Rate this product:

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Your review has been added and will be available once approved by a moderator.