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| 1. | Stablemates
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| 2. | A Sunday Kind of Love
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| 3. | Moment's Notice
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| 4. | Steresis
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| 5. | Blue Bird
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| 6. | Little Mellonae
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| 7. | Sharon
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| 8. | Oasis
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| 9. | Lover Man
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Jazz / Cool; Post-Bop
Recorded: 1959
John Coppola, Billy Catalano, Dick Mills, Mike Downs, Jerry Cournoyer (trumpets); Bob Davidson, Leo Wright (alto saxophone); Danny Patiris, Chuck Peterson (tenor saxophone); Junior Mance, Merrill Hoover (piano); Eddie Kahn (bass); Benny Barth (drums); Virgil Gonsalves (baritone saxophone)
V.S.O.P. RECORDS is pleased to announce the release of V.S.O.P. #24 CD VIRGIL GONSALVES BIG BAND PLUS SIX: JAZZ AT MONTEREY. In 1959, Baritone saxophonist Virgil Gonsalves co-produced this recording with Dave Hubert for release on the Omega label. Recorded in San Francisco, it featured one of the finest modern jazz big bands to come out of the Bay Area. Its' members included, in addition to Virgil Gonsalves, Leo Wright, Junior Mance and Bay area favorites Mike Downs and Danny Patiris. Junior Mance and Leo Wright joined Dizzy Gillespie's big band shortly after this recording was made. Virgil Gonsalves had recorded for the small Los Angeles Nocturne label in 1954 and for Liberty, the following year, but this was his first and perhaps only recorded attempt at leading a big band. The program is divided between big band and sextet. Many of the big band arrangements are by Jerry Cournoyer who appears to be the co-leader on the big band sides. The recording features the wide stereo sound favored by Omega.
On this session, Virgil Gonsalves plays straight ahead modern jazz, certainly post-bop but not quite hard bop. The big band is tight and the charts are excellent. The sextet is equally up-to-date, featuring some of the best players in San Francisco, and on this date, they are second to none. Virgil Gonsalves went on do play in major rock ensembles like Pacific Gas & Electric, Electric Flag, and The Buddy Miles Express. Nevertheless, he is best known and remembered as an outstanding jazz baritone player who certainly deserves much more attention than he has received over the years. The liner notes, by legendary disk jockey and jazz authority Johnny Adams, are a great reminder that the Beat era was what was happening in Northern California in 1959. All of the selections are well chosen and there is not a dull moment in the program. The better soloists each get their turn with excellent features for Leo Wright, Danny Patiris, Mike Downs, Junior Mance, Merrill Hoover and Virgil Gonsalves. A fine recording and a great example of authentic Bay area modern jazz, that everyone will enjoy.
* David Hubert - Session Producer
* Johnny Adams - Liner Notes
* Mario Levesque - Booklet Design
* Peter Jacobson - Mastering
Virgil Gonsalves, a long-forgotten but talented baritone/saxophonist, led three record dates in the 1950s of which this V.S.O.P. reissue LP was the final one. The first side, which includes such songs as "Stablemates," "A Sunday Kind of Love" and one of the earliest "cover" versions of John Coltrane's "Moment's Notice," features a 13-piece big band (five trumpets, five saxes and a three-piece rhythm section) filled with mostly obscure players; the exceptions are altoist Leo Wright, pianist Junior Mance and bassist Eddie Kahn. The flip side has a hard bop-oriented sextet featuring Gonsalves, trumpeter Mike Downs and tenor-saxophonist Dan Patiris as the main soloists. This is an LP that should delight collectors who enjoy discovering "new" talent for the musicians' lack of name recognition does not hide their impressive talent.
---Scott Yanow, allmusic
California-based sax player Virgil Gonsalves played with Alvino Rey, Jack Fina, and Tex Beneke before forming his own group. He recorded three albums as a leader.
---David Szatmary, All Music Guide |
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