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| 1. | Marchin' Along
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| 2. | A Smooth One
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| 3. | Blues Wail
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| 4. | April in Paris
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| 5. | Soul Station
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Jazz
Coleman Hawkins - Sax (Tenor)
Earl Wormack - Bass
Musa Kaleem - Flute
Ray Bryant - Piano
Teagle Fleming - Drums
Tiny Grimes - Guitar
The jazz world was reintroduced to the four-string guitar of Tiny Grimes with this recording. Grimes, who worked to great acclaim with the Cats and a Fiddle and Art Tatum, made studio magic with Charlie Parker and Ike Quebec, and enjoyed some commercial success with his Rocking Highlanders, emerged here from a period in Philadelphia with a strong local rhythm section (including pianist Ray Bryant), the tart flute of Musa Kaleem, and the immortal tenor of Coleman Hawkins. The program mixes three distinctive blues lines with nods to Goodman and Basie, and reflects the quality sessions that would soon form the Prestige Swingville series and create a mini mainstream revival.
* Armand Van Helden - Engineer
* Bob Weinstock - Supervisor
* Esmond Edwards - Cover Art
* Ira Gitler - Liner Notes
* Phil DeLancie - Digital Remastering
True to its title, the focus here is the blues, as played by a group with an encyclopedic mastery of the genre and an equally impressive depth in swing styles. Leader Tiny Grimes may be playing a four-string guitar, but his Charlie Christian-influenced sound is big, fluid, and expressive. Teamed with Coleman Hawkins' timeless tenor, Grimes performs with passion, skill, and down-home joy.
The impressive lineup also includes pianist Ray Bryant, whose supple technique and easygoing virtuosity fuel the music with relentless drive and eloquent, bluesy solos. Four of the five tracks include Musa Kaleem on flute. Kaleem, known as Gonga Musa when he worked as a tenor player with Art Blakey in the late '40s, contributes an effective counter to Hawkins' smoky tone. Bassist Earl Wormack and drummer Teagle Fleming Jr. are the well-recorded heartbeat in these blues grooves.
The set opens with the leader's 17-minute-plus "Marchin' Along," a mid-tempo blues that affords Grimes, Hawkins, and Bryant each a lengthy stretch of choruses on the tune's basic riff structure. The performances are rounded out by two more good blues from Grimes, Benny Goodman's "A Smooth One" and a memorable version of "April in Paris" that is executed with a light, swinging touch.
This music will appeal to fans of Grimes' vintage electric guitar and to those interested in an opportunity to hear Hawkins take an extended foray into the blues.
---Jim Todd, All Music Guide
Tiny Grimes
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s
Born: Jul 07, 1916 in Newport News, VA
Died: Mar 04, 1989 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Jump Blues
Tiny Grimes was one of the earliest jazz electric guitarists to be influenced by Charlie Christian, and he developed his own swinging style. Early on, he was a drummer and worked as a pianist in Washington. In 1938, he started playing electric guitar, and two years later he was playing in a popular jive group, the Cats and a Fiddle. During 1943-1944, Grimes was part of a classic Art Tatum Trio which also included Slam Stewart. In September 1944, he led his first record date, using Charlie Parker; highlights include the instrumental "Red Cross" and Grimes' vocal on "Romance Without Finance (Is a Nuisance)." He also recorded for Blue Note in 1946, and then put together an R&B-oriented group, "the Rockin' Highlanders," that featured the tenor of Red Prysock during 1948-1952. Although maintaining a fairly low profile, Tiny Grimes was active up until his death, playing in an unchanged swingbop transitional style and recording as a leader for such labels as PrestigeSwingville, Black & Blue, Muse, and Sonet.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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