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James Clay

Title: The Kid from Dallas

Label: Fresh Sound

Cat No:FSRCD437
Format:CD

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This CD contains all James Clay studio performances, 1956-57, on tenor sax while the ‘young kid from Dallas’ was living in Los Angeles. They feature a fine selection of musicians including : Bobby Timmons (p), Jimmy Bond (b), Peter Littman (d), Lorraine Geller (p), Red Mitchell (b), Sonny Clark (p) and Lawrence Marable (d)

In the summer of 1956 James Clay was a 20-year-old tenor saxophonist from Dallas, who had been living and playing in Los Angeles since mid-1955. At that time his colleagues were all young and independent experimentalists, completely outside of the flourishing West Coast jazz movement – players like trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Billy Higgins, and altoist Ornette Coleman – and though he said he was not an outside player, he worked easily within the unconventional settings of Coleman’s compositions. Paradoxically, however, his only recordings were straight ahead, not at all in line with Ornette’s controversial music. On them his ideas flow melodically, especially in ballads and mid-tempos. On faster tunes, his blowing statements come from the strong swinging style and hot tone that characterized other Texas tenors such as Illinois Jacquet and Arnett Cobb, with a hard-bop approach clearly influenced by his idol Sonny Rollins.

Track Listing for The Kid from Dallas
1. In A Sentimental Mood
2. The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
3. Easy Living
4. Minor Meeting
5. Airtight
6. Willow Weep From Me
7. Three Fingers North
8. Lover Man
9. Marbles
10. It’s Alright With Me
11. Scrappie From The Apple
12. Out Of The Blue
13. Sandu
14. Cheek To Cheek

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