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| 1. | Keep That Groove Going!
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| 2. | Stuffy
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| 3. | Serenade in Blue
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| 4. | Go Red Go
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| 5. | Bretheren!
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| 6. | Pass the Gravy
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| 7. | Jammin' for Mr. Lee
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| 8. | Cry Me a Prayer
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| 9. | Dream a Little Dream of Me
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Jazz
Red Holloway - Sax (Tenor)
Plas Johnson - Sax (Tenor)
Gene Ludwig - Organ
Kenny Washington - Drums
Melvin Sparks - Guitar
* Bill Milkowski - Liner Notes
* Bob Porter - Producer
* Gilles Margerin - Design
* Jamie Putnam - Art Direction
* John Abbott - Photography
* Maureen Sickler - Assistant
* Rudy Van Gelder - Editing, Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
Plas Johnson's playing has a place on almost every American's mental hard drive, even if you don't know his name (he was the piccolo player on Bobby Day's "Rockin' Robin," the tenor sax on The Pink Panther and The Odd Couple themes, etc.). Red Holloway has a higher profile in the jazz world, but like Johnson, chose to confine himself mostly to Los Angeles. Together, in their seventies, they journeyed out to Rudy Van Gelder's studio in New Jersey to match wits on another Bob Porter-produced soul-jazz cooker, effortlessly suggesting tenor battles of the past. They are a most compatible duo, with Johnson displaying a slightly lighter, more overt rhythm & blues tinge, and their sure-footed note selection makes them a pleasure to hear. The battle royal reaches a peak on Arnett Cobb's fortuitously titled "Go Red Go," fading on one ecstatic, repeated, unison, A flat note. There are also solo ballad tracks for each player, where Holloway reaches deep down into warm, majestic Illinois JacquetGene Ammons territory in "Serenade in Blue" and Johnson opens up his lower-register timbre on "Cry Me a River." The rhythm section virtually defines this idiom, with down-home veterans like guitarist Melvin Sparks (who offers killer obbligatos in "Pass the Gravy"), Hammond organist Gene Ludwig, and drummer Kenny Washington keeping the pot boiling. Also, the 24-bit sound that Van Gelder was getting in 2001 projects everything with an oomph and clarity that is astounding even for this master engineer.
--- Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide
Plas Johnson
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Jul 21, 1931 in Donaldsonville, LA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Hard Bop, Soul-Jazz
Plas Johnson's seductive tenor sound has been utilized on many studio sessions, including -- most notably -- the Pink Panther film (1963). A more versatile player than one might think, Johnson sounds equally at home in blues, R&B-ish, and hard bop settings. He recorded a single in New Orleans (1950), moved to Los Angeles, and was quickly established as a popular studio musician. Johnson worked with Johnny Otis and Charles Brown, recorded dates as a leader for Tampa (1956-1957), Score, Capitol (1958-1960), Ava (1964), and Concord (1975-1976), worked with the Capp-Pierce Juggernaut, and toured with the Gene Harris Superband in 1990.
--- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Red Holloway
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: May 31, 1927 in Helena, AR
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Soul-Jazz, Swing
An exuberant player with attractive tones on both tenor and alto, Red Holloway is also a humorous blues singer. Whether it be bop, blues, or R&B, Holloway can hold his own with anyone. Holloway played in Chicago with Gene Wright's big band (1943-1946), served in the Army, and then played with Roosevelt Sykes (1948) and Nat Towles (1949-1950), before leading his own quartet (1952-1961) during an era when he also recorded with many blues and R&B acts. Holloway came to fame, in 1963, while touring with Jack McDuff, making his first dates as a leader for Prestige (1963-1965). Although he has cut many records in R&B settings, Red Holloway is a strong bop soloist at heart, as he proved in the 1970s when he battled Sonny Stitt to a tie on their recorded collaboration. He went on to mostly work as a leader, but has also guested with Juggernaut and the Cheathams, and played with Clark Terry on an occasional basis.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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