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| 1. | Summer Night
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| 2. | Detour Ahead
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| 3. | Changes
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| 4. | You're Looking At Me
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| 5. | Lullaby In Thythm
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| 6. | Orson
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| 7. | 9 20 Special
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| 8. | Restless
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| 9. | I'll Wind
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| 10. | All Through The Night
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| 11. | The Josephine Baker Suite: The Legend
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| 12. | The Josephine Baker Suite: A Bitter Dream
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| 13. | The Josephine Baker Suite: Too Little Time
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| 14. | The Josephine Baker Suite: I'll Be Back
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Jazz / Bop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Recorded at Stage & Sound Studio, Hollywood, February 25-26, 1997
Herb Geller (as,ss)
Jan Lundgren (p)
Dave Carpenter (b)
Joe LaBarbera (d)
"For this 1997 recording, the underrated but great altoist Herb Geller doubles on soprano quite effectively and is joined by pianist Jan Lundgren, bassist Dave Carpenter and drummer Joe Labarbera. While Carpenter and Labarbera are fairly well-known players who are rated highly for their versatility and ability to sound tasteful and swinging no matter what the setting, Lundgren may be a new name to some. A virtuosic pianist from Sweden who appeared with increasing regularity in Los Angeles in the late 1990s, Lundgren can play in several styles, although here he mostly sticks to modern bop. His alert accompaniment behind Geller's solos and his own fresh improvisations uplift the music. The altoist interprets ten veteran songs, some of which (including "Summer Night," and the 1920s "Changes," Billy Strayhorn's "Orson," and "Restless," which is taken as a duet with Lundgren) are not performed that often. The final four numbers on the set are taken from Geller's musical depicting the life of Josephine Baker. The music on the latter cuts, which contains several strong melodies, easily fits into the 1950s/'60s bop style that is prevalent throughout this set. Highly recommended, and just one of several very rewarding Herb Geller dates from the 1990s."
— Scott Yanow (All Music Guide)
Herb Geller
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Nov 02, 1928 in Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Hard Bop, Standards, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz
Herb Geller is a survivor of the Los Angeles jazz scene of the 1950s who played better than ever in the mid-'90s. Geller played in 1946 with Joe Venuti's Orchestra and in 1949, he traveled to New York to play with Claude Thornhill. In 1951, he moved back to L.A. and married the excellent bop pianist Lorraine Walsh. Geller was a fixture in L.A., playing with Billy May (1952), Maynard Ferguson, Shorty Rogers, Bill Holman, and Chet Baker, among others; jamming with Clifford Brown and Max Roach (1954); and leading a quartet that included his wife (1954-1955). Lorraine Geller's sudden death in 1958 eventually resulted in the altoist deciding to leave the country to escape his grief. He played with Benny Goodman off and on between 1958-1961, spent time in Brazil, and in 1962, moved to Berlin. Geller worked in German radio orchestras for 30 years, played in European big bands, and continued to grow as a musician, although he was pretty much forgotten in the U.S. From the early '90s on, Herb Geller returned to the States on a more regular basis and he recorded a tribute to Al Cohn for Hep. Geller also recorded as a leader in the 1950s for EmArcy, Jubilee, and Atco, and in the 1980s and '90s for Enja, Fresh Sound, and V.S.O.P.
---Scott Yanow, Rovi |
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