V.A: JAZZ WEST COAST - An anthology of California Music (Vol. 4)

JAZZ WEST COAST
Este é o quarto CD da série de cinco, gravado pela Pacific Jazz.
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ALBUM REVIEW
This is one more rare LP from Pacific Jazz catalog. Jazz West Coast, an anthology of California music, is a collection of 5 albuns containing unissued and alternate takes from the musical files of WP label. Some of these takes are present in re-editions of original Pacific Jazz LP in CD format as bonus tracks.
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MINHA OPINIÃO - o primeiro CD da série teve para mim um valor sentimental muito grande. Os demais, nem tanto. O formato é o mesmo: excelentes combos integrado por músicos do primeiro time da Califórnia. Grandes temas, grandes performances e arranjos. Destaco a versão de POPO (um dos "hinos" do Jazz West Coast, marca registrada de seu autor Shorty Rodgers) com o excelente noneto liderado por Art Pepper que - navegando nas águas de Gerry Mulligan no seminal "Birth of the Cool" - inclui uma tuba, pilotada pelo grande Red Callendar.
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V.A: JAZZ WEST COAST - An anthology of California Music (Vol. 4)

TRACKS & PERFORMERS

1. POPO - THE ART PEPPER NINE (Unissued Master) 4’26”
Don Fagerquist (tp), Stu Williamson (v trb), Art Pepper (as), Bill Holman (ts), Bud Shank (bs), Red Callendar (tuba), Russ Freeman (p), Monty Budwig (b), Shelly Manne (dr)

2. EXTRA MILD - THE CHET BAKER QUINTET (Unissued Master) 5’19”
Chet Baker (tp), Phil Urso (ts), Bobby Timmons (p), Jimmy Bond (b), Peter Littman (dr)

3. AIN’T GOT A DIME TO MY NAME - THE BILL PERKINS QUARTET (Unissued Master) 3’37”
Bill Perkins (ts), Jimmy Rowles (p), Leroy Vinnegar (b), Mel Lewis (dr)

4. JERSEY BOUNCE - THE GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET 4’28”
Chet Baker (tp), Gerry Mulligan (bs), Henry Grimes (b), Dave Bailey (dr)

5. TILL WE MEET AGAIN - THE MARIANO/DODGION SEXTET 4’15”
Charlie Mariano (as), Jerry Dodgion (as), Jimmy Rowles (p), Victor Feldman (vib), Monty Budwig (b), Shelly Manne (dr)

6. A ROMANTIC GUY, I - BUD SHANK/BOB COOPER QUINTET 3’37”
Bud Shank (as, fl), Bob Cooper (ts, oboe), Claude Williamson (p), Don Prell (b), Chuck Flores (dr)

7. MUSICALE DU JOUR - BOB BROOKMEYER QUINTET (Edited Version) 5’27”
Bob Brookmeyer (v trb, p), Jim Hall (g), Jimmy Raney (g), Bili Crow (b), Osie Johnson (dr)

8. FIVE MINUTES MORE - THE CHICO HAMILTON TRIO 3’09”
Freddie Gambrell (p), Ben Tucker (b), Chico Hamilton (dr)

9. OVER THE RAINBOW - THE BUD SHANK QUARTET (Unissued Master) 4’21”
Bud Shank (ts), Claude Williamson (p), Don Prell (b), Chuck Flores (dr)

10. STRANGER IN PARADISE - THE MASTERSOUNDS 4’55”
Riche Crabtree (p), Buddy Montgomery (vib), Wes Montgomery (g), Monk Montgomery (el b), Benny Barth (dr)