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| 1. | Namely You
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| 2. | Catalan Cakewalk
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| 3. | Laverne Walk
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| 4. | Young and Foolish
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| 5. | Onion Head
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| 6. | Firm Roots
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| 7. | 920 Special
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| 8. | Strictly Confidential
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| 9. | A Weaver of Dreams
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| 10. | Beautiful Friendship
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Jazz / Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Standards
Jon Mayer - Group Member, Producer, Piano
Arnold Wise - Group Member, Drums
Chuck Israels - Bass, Group Member
Joe Sidore Mixing, Engineer
Jordi Pujol Liner Notes, Executive Producer
Mike Jones Photography
During part of 1959-1960, pianist Jon Mayer, bassist Chuck Israels, and drummer Arnie Wise formed a trio that played for a few months in Europe, sometimes with clarinetist Perry Robinson making the group a quartet. At the instigation of Jordi Pujol of the Fresh Sound label, the trio had a recorded reunion 43 years later. Happily, all three of the musicians are heard still very much in their prime. Their brand of bop and hard bop is appealing and they sound as if they had been playing together steadily through all of the years, even though they had rarely seen each other since 1960. Jon Mayer is generally the lead voice with fine support offered by Chuck Israels and Arnie Wise. Although all of the songs other than Mayer's "Catalan Cakewalk" were written decades ago, many are superior obscurities well deserving of being revived. Recommended. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Jon Mayer
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Born: 1938 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Hard Bop, Post-Bop
Jon Mayer, a talented bop pianist, has had a long and colorful career while remaining greatly underrated. He had classical piano lessons and attended the High School of Music and Art and the Manhattan School of Music. Mayer picked up early experience playing with Pete LaRoca and Ray Draper and jamming in New York clubs. He worked with the Kenny Dorham big band and Tony Scott's Quartet (where he replaced Bill Evans), and also recorded with Jackie McLean (1957's Strange Blues) and John Coltrane (I Talk to the Trees). Mayer worked in Paris with Chet Baker and in the 1960s and '70s gigged with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, Kai Winding, Sarah Vaughan, and the Manhattan Transfer, while also doing session work in the studios. In addition, he wrote pop songs recorded by Les McCann, Nancy Wilson, Vicki Carr, and Gladys Knight, among others. Settling in the Los Angeles area in the 1980s, Mayer worked with Freddie Hubbard, McCann, and his own groups. Jon Mayer's first opportunity to record as a leader was a date for Pullen in 1995; he has since used Ernie Watts occasionally in his quartet.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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