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| 1. | The Way You Look Tonight
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| 2. | Polka Dots And Moonbeams
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| 3. | Solo Plight
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| 4. | Lisbon Lady
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| 5. | Group Activity
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| 6. | She Didn't Say "Yes"
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| 7. | When The Sun Comes Out
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| 8. | Excursion
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| 9. | Hot Boy
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| 10. | It Don't Mean A Thing
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| 11. | Strike Up The Band
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| 12. | Sunset
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| 13. | Hallelujah
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| 14. | Deep In A Dream
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| 15. | It's Delovely
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| 16. | Drawing Lines
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| 17. | All Or Nothing At All
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| 18. | 'Round Midnight
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| 19. | Tongue Twister
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Jazz
Recorded in Hollywood, between 1954 to 1955
Bob Cooper (ts)
Stu Williamson (tp, vtb), Bob Enevoldsen (vtb, ts, bcl), Bud Shank (as, ts, bars), Jimmy Giuffre (cl, ts, basr), John Graas (frh), Howard Roberts (g), Claude Williamson (p), Joe Mondragon, Curtis Counce or Max Bennett (b), Shelly Manne (d)
When Bob Cooper (1925-1993) made his record debut as a leader in 1954, he was already well known for his solo work on tenor sax with Stan Kenton. He was articulate and original in both writing and playing. Cooper and his associates take us here through a wide range of musical adventures, from a slow subtle ballad, to clever contrapuntal invention, to swinging dynamic improvisation. All the arrangements and four of the compositions are by Cooper's own pen. These recordings feature some of his most swinging, best-sounding tenor on record. Here are winds blowing out of the west, carrying the sound of Jazz, zesty as a salt breeze off the California beach, kaleidoscopic, like spindrift.
This generous English import LP has five Capitol sessions from 1954 (18 selections in all) that are led by either Bob Cooper or Bill Holman. The cool-toned but hard-driving tenor Coop is heard on his first two dates as a leader, jamming through standards and swinging originals with Bud Shank (who surprisingly sticks here exclusively to baritone), pianist Claude Williamson, guitarist Howard Roberts, either Joe Mondragon or Curtis Counce on bass and Shelly Manne or Stan Levey on drums. The remainder of this album features ten compositions by Bill Holman who not only wrote for the octet but takes some fine tenor solos. His sidemen include Don Fagerquist or Nick Travis and Stu Williamson on trumpets, valve trombonist Bob Enevoldsen, altoist Herb Geller, baritonist Bob Gordon, Curtis Counce or Max Bennett on bass and drummer Stan Levey. The generally exciting music shows that the stereotype of most West Coast jazz as bloodless was quite inaccurate. Well worth searching for.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Bob Cooper
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: Dec 06, 1925 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died: Aug 05, 1993 in Hollywood, CA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Cool, Hard Bop, West Coast Jazz
One of the great West Coast tenors, Bob Cooper made even the most complex solos sound swinging and accessible. "Coop" joined Stan Kenton's big band in 1945, and he was a fixture with several of the editions (including the Innovations Orchestra) through 1951; in 1947, he married Kenton's singer, June Christy. After leaving Kenton, Cooper settled in Los Angeles, where he was a busy studio musician for the next four decades. He was a regular member of the Lighthouse All-Stars from 1952-1962, sometimes playing oboe and English horn (being the first strong jazz soloist on both of those instruments). The cool-toned tenor (whose sound fit into the "Four Brothers" style) was on many records in the 1950s (including those of Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo, and June Christy), and continued working steadily in Los Angeles-area clubs up until his death. He appears on records with the big bands of Frank CappNat Pierce, Bob Florence, and the '80s version of the Lighthouse All-Stars; and participated in the 1991 Stan Kenton 50th-anniversary celebration. As a leader, Coop recorded for Capitol in the 1950s, Contemporary, Trend, Discovery, and Fresh Sound.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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