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| The Natural Seven |
| Al Cohn |
| első megjelenés éve: 1955 |
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| (1998)
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| 5.546 Ft
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| 1. | A Kiss to Build a Dream On
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| 2. | Doggin' Around
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| 3. | Jump the Blues Away
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| 4. | Jack's Kinda Swing
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| 5. | The Natural Thing to Do
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| 6. | A.C. Meets Osie
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| 7. | Baby Please
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| 8. | Special
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| 9. | Pick a Dilly
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| 10. | Count Me In
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| 11. | Freddie's Tune
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| 12. | Osie's Blues
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Jazz
Al Cohn - Sax (Tenor)
Frank Rehak - Trombone
Freddie Green - Guitar
Joe Newman - Trumpet
Milt Hinton - Bass
Nat Pierce - Piano
Osie Johnson - Drums
Some but not all of the material on this out-of-print LP has since been reissued on CD on a Bluebird set shared by Freddie Green and Al Cohn. Although originally associated with Woody Herman and cool jazz, Cohn always felt equally comfortable playing with swing-styled players. His "Natural Seven" looks toward the Kansas City Seven and includes two members of Count Basie's band (trumpeter Joe Newman and guitarist Freddie Green) among the personnel (which also has trombonist Frank Rehak, Basie soundalike pianist Nat Pierce, bassist Milt Hinton and drummer Osie Johnson). Although the music includes a few Basie-associated songs, Cohn also contributed several of his own swinging originals; Osie Johnson's vocal on "Osie's Blues" is surprisingly effective. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Al Cohn
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s and '80s
Born: Nov 24, 1925 in New York, NY
Died: Feb 15, 1988 in Stroudsburg, PA
Genre: Jazz
An excellent tenor saxophonist and a superior arranger/composer, Al Cohn was greatly admired by his fellow musicians. Early gigs included associations with Joe Marsala (1943), Georgie Auld, Boyd Raeburn (1946), Alvino Rey, and Buddy Rich (1947). But it was when he replaced Herbie Steward as one of the "Four Brothers" with Woody Herman's Second Herd (1948-1949) that Cohn began to make a strong impression. He was actually overshadowed by Stan Getz and Zoot Sims during this period but, unlike the other two tenors, he also contributed arrangements, including "The Goof and I." He was with Artie Shaw's short-lived bop orchestra (1949), and then spent the 1950s quite busy as a recording artist (making his first dates as a leader in 1950), arranger for both jazz and non-jazz settings, and a performer. Starting in 1956, and continuing on an irregular basis for decades, Cohn co-led a quintet with Zoot Sims. The two tenors were so complementary that it was often difficult to tell them apart. Al Cohn continued in this fashion in the 1960s (although playing less), in the 1970s he recorded many gems for Xanadu, and during his last few years, when his tone became darker and more distinctive, Cohn largely gave up writing to concentrate on playing. He made many excellent bop-based records throughout his career for such labels as Prestige, Victor, Xanadu, and Concord; his son Joe Cohn is a talented cool-toned guitarist.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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