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| The Fifties |
| Carl Fontana |
első megjelenés éve: 2010
67 perc |
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| 5.061 Ft
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| 1. | Intro/ Blues
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| 2. | Lester Leaps In
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| 3. | Where's Charlie Ventura
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| 4. | Ballad Medley: If You Could See Me Now/ Come Back To Sorrento
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| 5. | Intermission Riff
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| 6. | Daniel's Blues
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| 7. | Scrapple From the Apple
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| 8. | Buhaina
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| 9. | Ballad Medley: These Foolish Things/ You Go To My Head/ Darn That Dream
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| 10. | Polka Dots and Moonbeams
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| 11. | Soon
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| 12. | Polka Dots and Moonbeams
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| 13. | Carl
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Jazz
Al Porcino - Trumpet
Autie Goodman - Sax (Alto)
Bernice Pochonet - Photography
Bill Holman - Arranger
Bill Perkins - Sax (Tenor)
Bill Welham - Digital Transfers, Liner Notes, Production Assistant
Billy Hodges - Trumpet
Bob Bernotas - Liner Notes
Bob Enevoldsen - Arranger, Trombone (Valve)
Bob Fitzpatrick - Trombone
Bob Lawson - Sax (Baritone)
Bobby Steed - Trumpet
Bobby Troup - MC
Bucky Jones - Bass
Carl Fontana - Director, Trombone
Carson Smith - Bass
Charlie McClean - Sax (Alto)
Charlie Walp - Trumpet
Curtis Counce - Bass
DeCurtis - Composer
Dick Mills - Photography, Trumpet
Don Kelly - Trombone (Bass)
Don Rendell - Sax (Tenor)
Ed Leddy - Trumpet
Eddie Butterfied - Trumpet
Eddie Weid - Piano
Fred Fox - French Horn
George Gershwin - Composer
Harry Klein - Sax (Baritone)
Henri Renaud - Piano
Irving Rosenthal - French Horn
James Van Heusen - Composer
Jay McAllister - Tuba
Jimmy Cook - Sax (Tenor)
Kent Larsen - Trombone
Lee Katzman - Trumpet
Lennie Niehaus - Sax (Alto)
Mel Lewis - Drums
Pat Thompson - Photography
Phil Gilbert - Trumpet
Ralph Blaze - Guitar
Renaud - Composer
Robert E. Sunenblick - Producer
Rudy Egan - Piano
Russ Shor - Photography
Sam Noto - Trumpet
Stachey - Composer
Stan Kenton - Piano
Tom Montgomery - Drums
Tony DiNicola - Drums
Trevor Thomson Nicodemo - Design
Vido Musso - Sax (Tenor)
Vinnie Tano - Trumpet
Wes Ilcken - Director
Wetzel - Composer
Very rare tracks recorded by trombonist C. Fontana. Fontana, along with J.J. Johnson and Frank Rosolino, shaped modern jazz trombone. This 67 minute CD features Fontana in small groups and solo along with big bands.
Trombonist Fontana spent the early part of his career playing with a number of different big bands, including groups led by Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman, and Stan Kenton, the latter being the leader with whom he grew his reputation. Tiring of travel, he settled in Las Vegas playing commercial music for several decades (still taking time out for some brief tours with jazz bands), though he started leading jazz gigs and occasionally recording as a leader beginning in the '80s. This compilation comes from several different radio and television broadcasts plus some studio dates. The first set features Fontana leading a quintet with tenorist Vido Musso (a last minute substitute for an injured Charlie Ventura). Ventura easily outshines Musso with his effortless but brief rapid-fire solo in "Lester Leaps In," while each man takes half of a ballad medley as an individual feature. Several numbers feature Ventura with members of the Kenton band plus pianist Henri Renaud. Fontana's intricate solo in Charlie Parker's "Scrapple from the Apple" is humorous at times, while Horace Silver's soulful "Buhaina" showcases trumpeter Dickie Mills and the trombonist. Fontana is the featured player in two selections with the Jimmy Cook Big Band, playing a powerful solo backed by a mundane arrangement in "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" and adding some pep to an already breezy "Soon." The final two tracks showcase Fontana in concert with Kenton in Berlin playing two Bill Holman charts, a far superior chart of "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" and the arranger's own "Carl." The audio in these vintage recordings from 1956 to 1960 are of surprising quality, making them essential for fans of the late Carl Fontana, who succumbed to Alzheimer's disease in 2003.
---Ken Dryden, Rovi
Carl Fontana
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: Jul 18, 1928 in Monroe, LA
Died: Oct 10, 2003 in Las Vegas, NV
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Cool, Jazz Instrument, Trombone Jazz
A brilliant trombonist Fontana who has spent much of the past 40 years playing commercial music in Las Vegas, Carl Fontana occasionally emerges to remind listeners just how technically skilled he is. The son of a saxophonist, Fontana started out playing in his father's group during 1941-1945, but did not gain prominence until he was with Woody Herman's Orchestra (1952-1953). Fontana spent time in the big bands of Lionel Hampton (1954), Hal McIntyre (1954-1955), and most importantly Stan Kenton (1955-1956), being well-featured with the latter. After playing in Kai Winding's four-trombone band (1956-1957), Fontana moved to Las Vegas but he emerged on an occasional basis, touring with Woody Herman in 1966, recording with Supersax (1973), co-leading a group with Jake Hanna (1975), playing with the World's Greatest Jazz Band, and appearing at jazz parties. In 1995, Fontana recorded a fine album with Bobby Shew. Two years later, Fontana paired up with fellow trombone vet Jiggs Whigham for the bop workout Nice 'n' Easy. The duo recorded again in 1999 for Keepin' Up With the Boneses. Fontana was diagnosed with Alzheimer's the following year and subsequently stopped recording. He passed away October 10, 2003 at the age of 75.
--- Scott Yanow, Rovi |
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