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The great Art Tatum leads a truly all-star sextet on this legendary 1955 Los Angeles session, featuring : Harry Edison, Lionel Hampton, Barney Kessel, Red Callender & Buddy Rich - and the complete album is now released for th efirst time with all the alternate takes, plus bonus tracks : three 50’s trio sessions of Tatum with Hampton & Rich, Callender & Jo Jones, and guitarist Everett Barksdale & Slam Stewart.
"Improbable as it may sound, the sextet was one of the largest groups that Art Tatum ever worked with… Tatum, being a colossus, needed as much room as possible in which to operate, and the more other soloists there were to take solo time and to demand of Tatum the duties of an accompanist, the more Tatum must have felt like a thoroughbred on a light rein…..Of the supporting musicians, the one with the longest list of battle honors was the founder of the vibes. Lionel Hampton, a musician who, having worked with both Armstrong and Tatum without exhibiting even a flicker of inhibition or loss of nerve, may therefore be said to have done and seen everything there was to do and see. Harry Edison, who plays trumpet with Tatum, spent many years in the Basie band, where he perfected a personal manner which consists of paring down the content of every solo to the practical minimum. The rhythm players include Barney Kessel, who was one of the very first musicians to become associated with "Jazz at the Philharmonic", and the Granz recording labels. The drummer, Buddy Rich, is in his own way as remarkable a technical wizard as Tatum himself, although on the Tatum sides the demand for wizardry was limited. Instead Rich laid down a strong, solid beat, assisted by the bass playing of Red Callender." Benny Green (From the original liner notes) |
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Track Listing for The Legendary 1955 Session
01. VERVE BLUES 12:47(Edison-Hampton-Tatum)
02. WHAT IS THIS THING(Cole Porter)
03. PLAID 6:41(Edison-Tatum-Hampton)
04. SOMEBODY LOVES(Gershwin-DeSylva-McDonald)
05. SEPTEMBER SONG(Weill-Anderson)
06. DEEP PURPLE 8:02(Parish-DeRose)
07. SEPTEMBER SONG(78rpm version) (Weill-Anderson)
08. WHAT IS THIS THING(alternate version) (Cole Porter)
09. WHAT IS THIS THING(trio version) (Cole Porter)
10. TRIO BLUES * 5:08(Art Tatum)
11. SEPTEMBER SONG(trio version) (Weill-Anderson)
Total time: 76:00
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Reviews |
| The Jazz Rag - Greg Murphy |
| A welcome reissue of a landmark session.
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| Jazzwise - Keith Shadwick |
| No one is exactly resting on their laurels with Hampton and Rich blowing hot and hard on them throughout. **** |
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Discovery catalogue available for
Art Tatum Sextet
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The Legendary 1955 Session
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