Jazz / Post-Bop; Standards
Recorded: Mar 14, 1961-May 28, 1964, Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Jaki Byard - alto saxophone, piano
Richard Williams - trumpet
Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone
Bob Cranshaw or Ron Carter - bass
Walter Perkins or Roy Haynes - drums
After two successful trio sessions for Prestige's subsidiary New Jazz, the multi-talented Jaki Byard really opened up on his first album for the parent label. In addition to more style-spanning piano in a trio context, he presents quintet performances including his ambitious suite "European Episode" and a sample of his alto sax playing recorded at an earlier session that produced Here's Jaki (OJCCD-1874-2). Byard is assisted by the excellent rhythm team of Bob Cranshaw and Walter Perkins (who first made their mark in Chicago's MJT+3) and one of his favorite partners, tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin. This CD reissue retains David Himmelstein's extensive biographical liner essay, and adds two previously unreleased quintet performances. |
