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| West Side Story / Steve's Songs |
| Manny Albam, Manny Albam & His Jazz Greats feat. Al Cohn, Bob Brookmeyer, Gene Quill, Jimmy Cleveland, Nick Travis, Eddie Costa, Joe Newman, Ernie Royal, Art Farmer, Milt Hinton, Dick Katz |
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első megjelenés éve: 2009
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| 5.961 Ft
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| 1. | Prologue And Jet Song
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| 2. | Something's Coming
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| 3. | Cool
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| 4. | Maria
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| 5. | Tonight
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| 6. | I Feel Pretty
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| 7. | Somewhere
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| 8. | Finale Medley, Part 1 America / Cool / Jet Song/ Something&
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| 9. | Finale Medley, Part 2 One Hand, One Heart / Somewhere / Cool / I Feel
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| 10. | Mister Moon
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| 11. | South Dakota
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| 12. | An Old Piano Plays The Blues
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| 13. | Spring Is Where You Are
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| 14. | Indubitably
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| 15. | There She Goes
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| 16. | You're The One For Me
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| 17. | Spring In Maine
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| 18. | I Guess I Never Had A Chance
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| 19. | Baby
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| 20. | That's What They Always Say
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| 21. | Monday
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Jazz
Manny Albam and his Jazz Greats play music from the Broadway musical
Tracks #1-9 from the LP "Manny Albam And His Jazz Greats Play Music from the Broadway Musical West Side Story" (Coral CRL 57207)
Recorded in New York City, on October 10, 1957
Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Joe Newman, Al DeRisi, Nick Travis (tp), Jim Dahl, Tom Mitchell, Jimmy Cleveland, Jim Dahl, Chauncey Welsh, (tb), Bob Enevoldsen (vtb), Gene Quill (cl, as), Frank Socolow, Eddie Wasserman, Al Cohn (ts), Sol Schlinger (bars), Eddie Costa (vb), Hank Jones (p), Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall (b) and Osie Johnson (d). Manny Albam (arr)
Tracks #10-21 from the LP "Steve's Songs" (DOT DLP 29008)
Recorded in New York City, on July 29, 1958
Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Nick Travis, Art Farmer (tp), Jim Dahl, Tom Mitchell, Dick Hixson (tb), Bob Brookmeyer (vtb), Gene Quill (as), Al Cohn, Frank Socolow (ts), Gene Allen (bs), Dick Katz (p), Eddie Costa (vb), Milt Hinton, Joe Benjamin (b) and Osie Johnson (d). Manny Albam (arr)
In the late 40s Emmanuel (Manny) Albam put away his baritone saxophone because it was getting in the way of his pen. From then on, he established himself firmly as one of the most skilled, perhaps the busiest, of all the freelance arrangers on the New York scene. Although he worked with great success in the pop field, he was usually associated with jazz. His originals for Basie, Herman, Gibbs, Ferguson, and other big bands are as familiar as the many remarkable LPs listed under his own name.
With "West Side Story", Albam achieved one of his greatest works. Most of the material is emotionally charged and moody, but the precise execution of Albam's inspired arrangements, along with superbly apt solos, injected considerably more jazz life into Bernstein's provocative score. "Steve's Songs", the second album on this CD, illustrates how unpretentiously Manny's arrangements married swing to function. Tasty.
"Arranger Manny Albam was a logical choice to lead a large ensemble performing excerpts from the huge Broadway hit West Side Story. With an all-star band that includes Gene Quill, Ernie Royal, Joe Newman, Jimmy Cleveland, Al Cohn, Hank Jones, Bob Brookmeyer, Milt Hinton, Eddie Costa, and far too many others to list, Albam successfully transforms Leonard Bernstein's imaginative score into cool jazz. Since there are multiple musicians for most instruments, it is unclear who is soloing much of the time, though Gene Quill's laughing alto sax and Hank Jones' piano stand out in the opening "Prologue and Jet Song." Of particular interest is Albam's method of combining several different themes in the "Finale." Originally issued on Coral, with later reissues on Vocalion and Decca, this is easily one of the best of many jazz LPs saluting West Side Story, though it may be tougher to find than most of the others."
"Steve Allen is often dismissed by jazz critics as a prolific tunesmith who cranked out few memorable songs. That notion is easily cast aside, particularly with this brilliantly arranged recording of a dozen of his works by Manny Albam. "Mister Moon" is a cheerful, brisk number, featuring a brass section consisting of Gene Quill, Al Cohn, Frank Socolow, and Gene Allen. The equally upbeat "South Dakota" showcases three of the four trumpeters present, including Ernie Royal, Nick Travis, and Art Farmer. Pianist Dick Katz is interspersed between riffs by the brass and reed sections in the saucy "An Old Piano Plays the Blues." Some of the other outstanding musicians on this record are Milt Hinton, Bob Brookmeyer, Osie Johnson, and Eddie Costa. This difficult to find album is an excellent example of both the compositions of Steve Allen and the arrangements of Manny Albam."
---Ken Dryden -All Music Guide
Manny Albam
Active Decades: '30s, '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s
Born: Jun 24, 1922 in Samana, Dominican Republic
Died: Oct 02, 2001 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Cool, Progressive Big Band, Progressive Jazz, West Coast Jazz
During a career that spanned seven decades, composer and arranger Manny Albam collaborated with a who's who of jazz greats including Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, and Stan Getz. He also developed successive generations of new talent as co-founder and musical director of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop. Albam was born June 24, 1922. His parents were en route from their native Russia to their new home in New York City, and his mother went into labor while their ship was outside of the Dominican Republic port of Samana. At the age of seven Albam discovered jazz after hearing a Bix Beiderbecke record, and soon after began playing the alto saxophone; at 16 he dropped out of school following an invitation to join Muggsy Spanier's Dixieland combo, and later played with Georgie Auld, an experience that also afforded Albam his first shot at arranging under the tutelage of bandmate Budd Johnson. Albam next gigged behind Charlie Barnet, from there signing on with Charlie Spivak. During his two years with Spivak, his arranging skills flourished, and he generated an average of two arrangements per week. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, Albam returned to the Barnet stable, and as his interest in writing and arranging grew, he effectively retired from performing in 1950, a decision that coincided with the last gasps of the big band era.
Albam quickly emerged as a sought-after freelancer, composing and arranging material for many of the bop era's brightest talents. His tight, brisk arrangements favored subtlety over flash, while his writing exhibited a wry sense of humor. Albam eventually signed to headline his own LPs for labels including Mercury, RCA Victor, and Dot, bringing together musicians including Phil Woods, Al Cohn, and Bob Brookmeyer for acclaimed easy listening efforts including The Blues Is Everybody's Business and The Drum Suite. His 1957 jazz arrangement of Leonard Bernstein's score to West Side Story so impressed Bernstein that the maestro invited Albam to write for the New York Philharmonic. The offer prompted Albam to study classical composition under Tibor Serly, later yielding such works as the luminous "Concerto for Trombone and Strings." Albam also wrote for feature films, television, and even advertising jingles, and in 1964 signed on as musical director for Sonny Lester's fledgling Solid State label, which two years later issued his jazz suite The Soul of the City. By that time Albam was increasingly channeling his energies into teaching, however. After stints with the Eastman School of Music, Glassboro State College, and the Manhattan School of Music, in 1988 he co-founded the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, assuming the title of musical director from Brookmeyer three years later. Albam died of cancer on October 2, 2001.
--- Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide |
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