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Charlie Rouse / Julius Watkins

Title: The Complete Jazz Modes Sessions (3CD)

Label: Solar Records

Cat No:4569911
Format:CD

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• The complete recordings by The Jazz Modes, an experimental small jazz formation fronted by Charlie Rouse on tenor sax and Julius Watkins on French horn, plus Gildo Mahones on piano.

• With slight personnel variations, this group recorded a total of five albums, most of which are now very hard to find. All of these are included here in their entirety and in chronological order.

• Included, as a bonus, are three further complete albums, all of which were originally issued as 10” LPs - including Oscar Pettiford’s ‘Oscar Rides Again’ : being the only other existing album, outside of the Jazz Modes body of work, to feature both Rouse and Watkins in the front line. Plus the two volumes by the Julius Watkins Sextet, which present Watkins in the company of other celebrated tenor saxophonists: Frank Foster and Hank Mobley.

• Albums included : ‘Jazzville '56, Vol.1’; ‘Les Jazz Modes (1956): and ‘Mood in Scarlet’ (1956) - all originally on Dawn; ‘The Most Happy Fella’ (1957) and ‘The Jazz Modes’ (1959) - both originally on Atlantic; ‘Oscar Rides Again’ (1954) - originally on Bethlehem; ‘New Faces, New Sounds’ (1954), and ‘Julius Watkins Sextet Volume Two’ (1955) - both originally on Blue Note.

• Personnel (in addition to those mentioned above) : Paul Chambers (b), Paul West (b), Art Taylor (d). Martin Rivera (b), Ron Jefferson (d), Chino Pozo (conga & bongos), Sahib Shihab (bar), Duke Jordan (p), Kenny Clarke (d) & Art Blakey (d).

• 3CD set - Total Time : 230:52 mins. - 59 tracks - includes 32-page booklet with complete information

Track Listing for The Complete Jazz Modes Sessions (3CD)
CD1 Total Time: 77:56
01 Dancing On The Ceiling 2:26
02 Legend 3:17
03 Temptation 3:57
04 Episode 2:05
05 Dancing In The Dark 2:05
06 Goodbye 3:41
07 Town And Country 4:16
08 When The Blues Comes On 4:15
09 Blue Modes 4:30
10 You Are Too Beautiful 3:43
11 So Far 2:56
12 Idle Evening 4:16
13 Garden Delights 5:28
14 Strange Tale 4:30
15 Two Songs 3:13
16 Stallion 3:04
17 Baubles, Bangles And Beads 2:43
18 Autumn Leaves 5:14
19 The Golden Chariot 2:45
20 Let’s Try 3:18
21 Bohemia 3:26
22 Catch Her 2:38

CD2 Total Time: 75:55
01 Hoo Tai 6:27
02 Mood In Scarlet 5:11
03 Linda Delia 4:18
04 I’ve Got You Under My Skin 3:23
05 We Can Talk It Over 3:21
06 Standing On The Corner 3:46
07 Joey, Joey, Joey 3:57
08 Warm All Over 4:58
09 Happy To Make Your Acquaintance 4:29
10 My Heart Is So Full Of You 3:29
11 The Most Happy Fella 3:45
12 Don’t Cry 3:10
13 Like A Woman 3:01
14 Somebody Somewhere 3:13
15 The Oblong 5.45
16 1-2-3-4-0 In Syncopation 3:54
17 Blue Flame 4:04
18 Mood In Motion 5:36

CD3 Total Time: 77:01
01 Knittin’ 6:26
02 This ‘N That 5:29
03 Glad That I Found You 2:39
04 Princess 4:35
05 Sextette 2:57*
06 The Golden Touch 2:33*
07 Cable Car 2:21*
08 Trictrotism 2:42*
09 Edge Of Love 2:24*
10 Oscar Rides Again 2:32*
11 Linda Delia 5:21*
12 Perpetuation 5:09*
13 I Have Known 4:28*
14 Leete 4:53*
15 Garden Delights 4:45*
16 Julie Ann 3:35*
17 Sparkling Burgundy 4:18*
18 B And D 5:00*
19 Jordu 4:45*

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The Complete Jazz Modes Sessions (3CD)