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| 1. | Malaguena
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| 2. | Candu
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| 3. | Tears Come from Heaven
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| 4. | Basra
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| 5. | Lazy Afternoon
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| 6. | Eiderdown
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Jazz
Pete La Roca - Drums
Joe Henderson - Sax (Tenor)
Steve Kuhn - Piano
Steve Swallow - Bass
* Alfred Lion - Producer
* Francis Wolff - Photography
* Ira Gitler - Liner Notes
* Larry Walsh - Mastering
* Michael Cuscuna - Reissue Producer
* Patrick Roques - Design
* Reid Miles - Cover Design
* Rudy Van Gelder - Engineer
It is strange to realize that drummer Pete La Roca only led two albums during the prime years of his career, for this CD reissue of his initial date is a classic. La Roca's three originals ("Basra," which holds one's interest despite staying on one chord throughout, the blues "Candu," and the complex "Tears Come From Heaven") are stimulating but it is the other three songs that really bring out the best playing in the quartet (which is comprised of tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, pianist Steve Kuhn, and bassist Steve Swallow in addition to La Roca). "Malaguena" is given a great deal of passion, Swallow's "Eiderdown" (heard in its initial recording) receives definitive treatment, and the ballad "Lazy Afternoon" is both haunting and very memorable; Henderson's tone perfectly fits that piece.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Pete La Roca
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: Apr 07, 1938 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Hard Bop, Latin Jazz
Pete La Roca's decision to leave music in 1968 and become an attorney (under his original name of Pete Sims) cut short a productive career. He started his career playing timbales in Latin bands, changing his name to Pete La Roca at the time. He played drums with Sonny Rollins (1957-1959) and had associations with Jackie McLean, Slide Hampton, the John Coltrane Quartet (where he was the original drummer in 1960), and Marian McPartland. La Roca led his own group (1961-1962), was the house drummer at the Jazz Workshop in Boston (1963-1964), and worked with Art Farmer (1964-1965), Freddie Hubbard, Mose Allison, Charles Lloyd (1966), Paul Bley, and Steve Kuhn, among others. He led two impressive albums: the classic Blue Note record Basra with Joe Henderson and Bliss!, a Douglas session (reissued on Muse) featuring Chick Corea and John Gilmore. La Roca started playing jazz again in 1979.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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