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Artist: WILSON, TEDDY TRIO/JO JONES
Title: Complete Recordings (3CD)
Label:
Essential Jazz Classics
Cat No
EJC55408
A remarkable 3-CD set documenting the complete recordings of the Teddy Wilson Trio with Jo Jones - recorded between 1955 and 1956 in New York. There are four complete original LPs covered : For Quiet Lovers, I Got Rhythm, The Impeccable Mr Wilson & These Tunes Remind Me of You - plus a complete 1954 bonus session with Benny Carter, Wilson & Jones in Trio format. The bassists involved on the four albums were : Milt Hinton, Gene Ramey & Al Lucas. Wilson’s piano, as always, is elegant, individual, contained and full of swing; while Jones is the perfect responsive drummer, with telling emphasis and deftness of touch.
After appearing in the film ‘The Benny Goodman Story’ in 1955, much of Teddy Wilson’s work involved touring or recording with his trio. Jo Jones was only a member of the trio for a short time, but thankfully it produced this fine body of work. 57 tracks in all, and Total Time : over 206 minutes.
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