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| 1. | Things Ain't What They Used to Be
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| 2. | Open Wider, Please
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| 3. | I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
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| 4. | Don't Get Around Much Anymore
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| 5. | How Come You Do Me Like You Do
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| 6. | Bluish Grey
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| 7. | The Elder
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| 8. | Bewitched
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| 9. | Kenie-Konie
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| 10. | Salty Papa
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| 11. | Don't Cry Baby
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| 12. | Stranded
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| 13. | Tenderly
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| 14. | Rompin'
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| 15. | King Bee
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| 16. | When I Fall in Love
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| 17. | Al-Lamo
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Jazz
Original sources:
Tracks #1-9 from the album "The Last Of The Big Plungers" (Argo LP 653).
Tracks #10-17 from the album "The Thinking Man's Trombone" (Argo LP 677).
"The Last Of The Big Plungers"
Recorded at Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, September 25 & 28, 1959
Al Grey Octet: Joe Newman (tp), Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb), Billy Mitchell (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bs), Floyd Morris (p), Ed Jones (b) and Sonny Payne (d)
"The Thinking Man's Trombone"
Recorded at Ter-Mar Recording Studios, Chicago, August 23,24 & 25, 1960
Al Grey Nonet: Joe Newman (tp), Al Grey, Benny Powell (tb); Billy Mitchell (ts), Charlie Fowlkes (bs); Freddie Green (g), Billy Higgins (p), Ed Jones (b) and Sonny Payne (d)
Arrangements by Frank Foster (#1-5,8,9,12,14); Thad Jones (#6,7,11,17); Al Grey (#10, 15); nat Pierce (#16) and Clare Fischer (#13).
Original recordings supervised by Jack tracy.
Recording Engineers: Malcom Chisholm (#1-9) and Ron Malo (#9-17).
Produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol.
24-Bit Digitally Remastered
These two albums, under the leadership of trombonist Al Grey, were recorded while he was a member of Count Basie’s band. With the exception of the pianists, the men assembled to play in these sessions were all well known Basie-ites. All the charts share a spare, functional approach ideal for the three brass-two saxes instrumentation. The arrangements delve cleanly and right to the heart of swinging. Grey, famed for his plunger mute work, plays vigorously and inventively.
Both groups - an octet and a nonet - display that warm, moving blues feeling that characterized the Basie band, with all the soloists blowing with sure-footed intensity alongside the tastefully swinging leader.
Note: The four-bar trombone exchanges on 'Open Wider, Please' between Gray and Powell are initiated by the former. The second trombone solos on 'Rompin' and 'Al-Amo' are by Powell.
"A great if little-known LP, this set by trombonist Al Grey features him with other Count Basie sidemen (Eddie Higgins fills in on piano) playing three standards and tunes by Frank Foster, Thad Jones, and Grey himself. A boppish trombonist who was a master at using the plunger mute (crossing over into swing), Grey holds his own on this set with trumpeter Joe Newman, tenor saxophonist Billy Mitchell, and fellow trombonist Benny Powell. Among the high points of this enjoyable set are "Salty Papa," "Don't Cry Baby," "King Bee," and a very pretty version of "Tenderly" that is taken by the horns a cappella. Swinging and witty music."
---Scott Yanow -All Music Guide
Al Grey
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: Jun 06, 1925 in Aldie, VA
Died: Mar 24, 2000 in Phoenix, AZ
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Swing, Jazz Instrument, Trombone Jazz
Al Grey's trademark phrases and often humorous use of the plunger mute long made him quite distinctive. After getting out of the service, he was with the orchestras of Benny Carter (1945-1946), Jimmie Lunceford (1946-1947), Lucky Millinder, and Lionel Hampton (off and on during 1948-1953). Grey was a well-featured soloist with the classic Dizzy Gillespie globetrotting orchestra during 1956-1957 (taking an exciting solo at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival on a blazing version of "Cool Breeze"). He was with Count Basie's orchestra on three separate occasions (1957-1961, 1964-1966, and 1971-1977), led a band with Billy Mitchell in the early '60s, and had a group with Jimmy Forrest after leaving Basie in 1977. In later years, Grey performed and recorded often with Clark Terry, made a CD with the Statesmen of Jazz, and for a time led a quintet that featured his son Mike Grey on second trombone. Al Grey recorded as a leader for Argo (1959-1964), Tangerine, Black & Blue, Stash, Chiaroscuro, and Capri, and co-led an excellent Pablo date in 1983 with J.J. Johnson. He died of complications from diabetes on March 24, 2000.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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