Personnel:
Arnett Cobb (ts), Ray Bryant, Tommy Flanagan, Bobby Timmons
(p), Wendell Marshall, Sam Jones (b), Art Taylor (d), Ray Barretto, Danny
Barrajanos, Buck Clark (conga)
Of all the tenor saxophonists who have come roaring out of
Lionel Hamptons band, Texas tenor Arnett Cobb always seemed the most likely to
allow his essentially rich and swinging style to stand on its own merits. He
demonstrated it in these relaxed, unpretentious sessions amid congenial,
inventive company, including some of the most accomplished and soulful pianists
around, with Ray Bryant, Tommy Flanagan, and Bobby Timmons providing some lean
and lithely moving solos on these implacably swinging dates.
The setting allowed one of the most assertive of the
roistering tenorists to work his way into piece after piece, developing
gracefully structured lines in his rough, tweedy tone. Forceful, virile and
uncomplicated, an assertive reflection of its time and place, the music retains
the capacity to reach directly into the emotions, unhindered by the passage of
time.
Tracklisting:
CD 1
01. When My Dreamboat Comes Home (Friend-Franklin) 5:46
02. Lonesome Road (Shilkret-Austin) 3:55
03. Blues in the Closet (Oscar Pettiford) 4:18
04. Party Time (Arnett Cobb) 5:52
05. Flying Home (Hampton-Goodman) 5:14
06. Slow Poke (Arnett Cobb) 6:51
07. Cocktails for Two (Johnston-Coslow) 5:13
08. Lover Come Back to Me (Romberg-Hammerstein II) 8:56
09. Blue Lou (Sampson-Mills) 3:40
10. Swanee River (Stephen Foster) 5:49
11. Blue Me (Arnett Cobb) 7:35
Total time: 63:51 min.
CD 2
01. Sometimes I'm Happy (Youmans-Robin-Grey) 5:13
02. Fast Ride (Arnett Cobb) 4:11
03. The Nitty Gritty (Arnett Cobb) 3:52
04. All I Do is Dream of You (Brown-Freed) 4:00
05. Ghost of A Chance (Victor Young) 5:21
06. Exactly Like You (McHugh-Fields) 6:28
07. Walkin (Richard Carpenter) 5:27
08. Softly, As in A Morning Sunrise (Romberg-Hammerstein II)
4:06
09. The Shy One (Cobb-Thompson) 4:43
10. Down By the Riverside (Traditional) 5:22
Total time: 46:03 min.
Sources:
CD 1, tracks #1-7 from the album "Party Time"
(Prestige PRLP7165)
CD 1, tracks #8-11 & CD 2 tracks #1 & 10 from
"More Party Time"
(Prestige PRLP7175)
CD 2, tracks #2-9 from the album "Movin' Right
Along" (Prestige PRLP7216)
Personnel on "Party Time":
Arnett Cobb (tenor sax), Ray Bryant (piano), Wendell
Marshall (bass), Art Taylor (drums),
Ray Barretto (conga, except on #6).
Recorded in New York, on May 14, 1959
Personnel on "More Party Time":
Arnett Cobb (tenor sax), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Sam Jones
(bass), Art Taylor (drums), Danny Barrajanos (conga, except on CD 2 #2).
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., on February 16, 1960
Personnel on "Movin' Right Along":
Arnett Cobb (tenor sax), Bobby Timmons (piano), Sam Jones
(bass), Art Taylor (drums), Buck Clark (conga).
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., on February 17, 1960
Original sessions supervised by Esmond Edwards
Photos and cover design also by Esmond Edwards
Compiled for CD release by Jordi Pujol
Stereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered
Note: All tracks in this compilation are ordered by
session. That is why Fast Ride and Down by the Riverside have been moved from
their original LP and put in the corresponding session order.