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| 1. | Nica's Tempo
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| 2. | Deep Passion
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| 3. | Smoke Signal
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| 4. | Sunrise-Sunset
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| 5. | Not So Sleepy
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| 6. | Perdido
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| 7. | Speculation
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| 8. | Two French Fries
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| 9. | Pendulum at Falcon's Lair
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| 10. | Gentle Art of Love
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| 11. | Now See How You Are
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| 12. | I Remember Clifford
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| 13. | Aw! Come On
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| 14. | Somewhere
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| 15. | Laura
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| 16. | Little Niles
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| 17. | Seabreeze
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Jazz
Oscar Pettiford (cello, acoustic bass)
Lucky Thompson (tenor saxophone); Ernie Royal, Art Farmer (trumpet); Jimmy Cleveland (trombone); Tommy Flanagan (piano); Gus Johnson (drums)
Two former LPs by big bands led by bassist Oscar Pettiford (who doubles on cello) are reissued in full on this single CD. The arrangements by Gigi Gryce, Lucky Thompson, and Benny Golson feature a lot of concise solos, an inventive use of the harp (either by Janet Putnam or Betty Glamann), and colorful ensembles. Among the many soloists are trumpeter Art Farmer, trombonists Jimmy Cleveland and Al Grey, the French horn of Julius Watkins, the tenors of Thompson or Golson, and the bassist-leader. This formerly rare music is highly recommended to straight-ahead jazz fans, for it is full of fresh material and subtle surprises.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Oscar Pettiford
Active Decades: '40s and '50s
Born: Sep 30, 1922 in Okmulgee, OK
Died: Sep 08, 1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop
Oscar Pettiford was (along with Charles Mingus) the top bassist of the 1945-1960 period, and the successor to the late Jimmy Blanton. In addition, he was the first major jazz soloist on the cello. A bop pioneer, it would have been very interesting to hear what Pettiford would have done during the avant-garde '60s if he had not died unexpectedly in 1960. After starting on piano, Pettiford switched to bass when he was 14 and played in a family band. He played with Charlie Barnet's band in 1942 as one of two bassists (the other was Chubby Jackson) and then hit the big time in 1943, participating on Coleman Hawkins' famous "The Man I Love" session; he also recorded with Earl Hines and Ben Webster during this period. Pettiford co-led an early bop group with Dizzy Gillespie in 1944, and in 1945 went with Coleman Hawkins to the West Coast, appearing on one song in the film The Crimson Canary with Hawkins and Howard McGhee. Pettiford was part of Duke Ellington's orchestra during much of 1945-1948 (fulfilling his role as the next step beyond Jimmy Blanton), and worked with Woody Herman in 1949. Throughout the 1950s, he mostly worked as a leader (on bass and occasional cello), although he appeared on many records both as a sideman and a leader, including with Thelonious Monk in 1955-1956. After going to Europe in 1958, he settled in Copenhagen where he worked with local musicians, plus Stan Getz, Bud Powell, and Kenny Clarke. Among Pettiford's better-known compositions are "Tricotism," "Laverne Walk," "Bohemia After Dark," and "Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home."
--- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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