Ronnie Ball
ALL ABOUT
RONNIE - RONNIE BALL MEMORIAL ALBUM
Personnel:
Ronnie Ball
(p), Lee Konitz, Art Pepper (as), Willie Dennis (tb), Warne Marsh, Ted Brown
(ts), Billy Bauer (g), Wendell Marshall, Peter Ind, Oscar Pettiford, Ben Tucker
(b), Kenny Clarke, Jeff Morton (d)
Reference: FSRCD 570
Includes
extensive booklet with recording details, extensive notes and rare photos.
From the
moment English-born pianist Ronnie Ball arrived in New York in 1952, his
ambition was to learn more about music, study more, become a part of the
American jazz scene, feel a sense of accomplishment and belonging. He
established a healthy rapport with pianist Lennie Tristano and started to develop
his style, along with lots of other young players, including tenorist Ted Brown
and trombonist Willie Dennis, who figured so prominently in the weekend
sessions at Lennies school.
Most of the
sounds on this set are extensions and interpretations of Tristanos musical
philosophy. That is the aim of this compilation; to gather Ronnies only album
as a leader, All About Ronnie, with all the recordings of his compositions he
recorded as a sideman with the Tristano clique - rewarding, moving music, revealing
all the resources of his formidable playing. This is therefore a homage to a
vastly underrated pianist whose deep talent deserved, to many jazz fans, much
wider recognition.
Jordi Pujol,
from the liner notes.
Tracklisting:
01. Pennie
Packer (Ball) (5:54)
02. Prez Sez
(Brown) (5:22)
03. Feather
Bed (Brown) (5:00)
04. A Ghost
of a Chance (Young-Washington-Crosby) (4:08)
05. Little
Quail (Brown) (7:40)
06. Sweet
& Lovely (Arnheim-Tobias-Lemare) (5:07)
07. Citrus
Season (Ball) (5:04)
08. Ronnies
Tune (Ball) (3:56) (*) Bonus Track
09. A Froggy
Day (Ball) (3:35) (*) Bonus Track
10. Ronnies
Line (Ball) (3:05) (*) Bonus Track
11. Ear
Conditioning (Ball) (5:12) (*) Bonus Track
12.
Quintessence (Ball) (4:12) (*) Bonus Track
13. Times Up
(Ball) (3:06) (*) Bonus Track
14. Earful
(Ball) (4:33) (*) Bonus Track
15. Aretha
(Ball) (4:52) (*) Bonus Track
16. Arrival
(Ball) (3:54) (*) Bonus Track
17. Ad
Libido (Ball) (4:22) (*) Bonus Track
Total time: 79:00 min.
Tracks #1-7
orifinally issued as a 12" LP:
"All
About Ronnie (Savoy MG 12075).
Bonus Tracks:
#8-9 taken
from
"Lee
Konitz in Harvard Square" (Storyville LP-323).
#10 taken
from
"Lee
Konitz Meets Warne Marsh" (Atlantic LP 1217).
#11-14 taken
from
Ted Brown
"Free Wheeling" (Vanguard LP 8515).
#15-16 taken
from
"Modern
Jazz Gallery" (Kapp 2-LP set KXL 5001).
#17 taken
from
Warne Marsh
"Music for Prancing" (Mode LP-125).
Personnel on "All About
Ronnie":
Willie
Dennis (tb), Ted Brown (ts), Ronnie Ball (p), Wendell Marshall (b) and Kenny
Clarke (d). Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, on
March 21, 1956.
Personnel on tracks #8-9:
Lee Konitz
(as), Ronnie Ball (p), Peter Ind (b) and Jeff Morton (d). Recorded in Hardvard
Square, Boston, February 1955.
Personnel on track #10:
Lee Konitz
(as), Warne Marsh (ts), Ronnie Ball (p), Billy Bauer (g), Oscar Pettiford (b)
and Kenny Clarke (d). Recorded in New York, on June 15, 1955.
Personnel on tracks #11-14:
Warne Marsh,
Ted Brown (ts), Ronnie Ball (p), Ben Tucker (b) and Jeff Morton (d). Recorded
at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California, on October 3 (#11,12) and 24
(#13,14), 1956.
Personnel on tracks #15-16:
Art Pepper
(as), Warne Marsh, Ted Brown (ts), Ronnie Ball (p), Ben Tucker (b) and Jeff
Morton (d). Recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, California, on December 21,
1956.
Personnel on track #17:
Warne Marsh
(ts), Ronnie Ball (p), Red Mitchell (b) and Stan Levey (d). Recorded at Radio
Recorders, Hollywood, California, September 1957.
Original
recordings produced by Ozzie Cadena (1-7), George Wein (8,9), Nesuhi ertegun
(10), Albert Marx (11-16) and Red Clyde (17).
This CD
compilation produced by Jordi Pujol.