Curtis Fuller
COMPLETE
PRESTIGE & SAVOY SESSIONS WITH SONNY RED (3 LPS ON 2 CDS)
Personnel:
Curtis
Fuller (tb), Sonny Red (as), Hank Jones, Red Garland, Tommy Flanagan (p), Doug
Watkins, Paul Chambers, George Tucker (b), Louis Hayes (d)
Reference: FSRCD 524_2
During the
late Fifties, Detroit saw the emergence of some of the finest neo-bop jazzmen,
among them Curtis Fuller and Sylvester Sonny Red Kyner, two of the most significant
young-blood representatives of the movement. Fuller, a 23-year old disciple of
trombonist J. J. Johnson, displayed, even then, full command of his horn,
playing with a vibrato-less style, flowing conception and a slightly greater
dynamic range than his mentor.
Sonny Red,
25-years-old at the time, was a Birdcalling shouter, with a pungent attack,
fierce drive and a truly Bird-inspired emotional strength. These 1957 quintet
recordings amply illustrate the wealth of talent emerging from Detroit that
left its invigorating mark on the New York scene in the late Fifties.
Tracklisting:
CD 1
01. Vonce #5
7:40
02.
Transportation Blues 8:18
03. Blue
Lawson 6:50
04. Namely
You 9:25
05. What Is
This Thing Called Love? 6:30
06. Alicia 5
5:12
07. Seeing
Red 7:02
08. Stormy
Weather 7:18
09. Cashmere
6:42
CD 2
01.
Slenderella 7:44
02.
Moonlight Becomes You 7:36
03. Roc
& Troll 7:42
04. Two Ton
4:49
05. Medley
13:42
-Its Magic
-My One And
Only Love
-They Didnt
Believe Me
06. Soul
Station 5:42
07. Club Car
7:15
08. Upper
Berth 8:32
Sources:
CD 1, #1-5
from the album "New Trombone" (Prestige 7107)
CD 1, #6
from the album "Body and Soul" (Status 8317)
CD 1, #7-9
and CD2, #1-3 from "Curtis Fuller with Red Garland" (New Jazz 8277)
CD 2, #4-8
from the album "Jazz It's Magic" (Savoy MG 12209)
All tracks recorded at Rudy Van
Gelder Studio, in Hackensack, New Jersey, on May 11 (CD-1, #1-6), May 14 (CD-1, #7-9 & CD-2,
#1-3), and September 5 (CD-2, #4-8), 1957
Original sessions produced by Ozzie
Cadena
(CD-1, #1-6
and CD-2, #4-8), Teddy Charles (CD-1, #7-9 and CD-2, #1-3)
Produced for
CD release by Jordi Pujol