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Phil Seamen & Various

Title: The Late Great Phil Seamen

Label: SWP Records

Cat No:SWP037
Format:CD

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• Phil Seamen was arguably the greatest jazz drummer Europe has ever produced. He was up there, alongside such contemporaries as Kenny Clarke and Philly-Joe Jones - creative, and with a wonderful feel for time, a true personality with a recognisable sound and approach. A legend in his own lifetime, he died in 1972. This album of highlights of his playing is a salute that is long overdue.

• Some know him only as the mentor of rock drummer Ginger Baker, but Phil Seamen had been a jazz star and acclaimed drummer throughout the 1950s, setting the standard, and despite his drug problems this continued into the 1970s.

• Here he is featured in bands led by Jack Parnell, Victor Feldman, Joe Harriott, Dizzy Reece, Stan Tracey, Jimmy Witherspoon, Kenny Graham, Harold McNair, Ronnie Scott, Tony Coe. The tracks are from between 1953 and 1972, and have been lovingly remastered. The 24-page booklet is the first comprehensive history and expert evaluation of this extraordinary musician.

Track Listing for The Late Great Phil Seamen
1. I Started Playing The …
2. Times Getting Tougher
3. Tangerine
4. Free
5. Tonal
6. Abstract
7. Big Top
8. Kick Off
9. Main Title (Nowhere To Go)
10. The Escape
11. Question And Answer
12. Boo-Bah
13. One Four
14. Five Four
15. Haitian Ritual
16. Seamen’s Mission
17. Formation
18. Bongo Chant
19. Reza

Reviews

Jazzwise - Jack Massarik

Every stick-stroke is pin sharp, every roll as smooth as a flying carpet. ****

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