Label: OJC / Vee Jay
Audio CD: (October 17, 2000)
Jazz
First, let me just say that I do not actually own this particular CD, but instead I have this music via "The Complete Vee Jay Paul Chambers/Wynton Kelly Sessions 1959-61" on Mosaic. (As an aside, while I love Mosaic, if I had to do it all over again, I probably would not have bought their set because all of the albums it collects are currently in print and available single CDs. In retrospect, a few dozen unreleased alternate takes were not worth an extra 20 spot IMO.) But it is the music not the packaging that matters most, and "Kelly Great" is a very good session. Recorded on August 12, 1959, it features Lee Morgan on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor sax, Wynton Kelly on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Philly Joe Jones on drums. The album features four original compositions -- two by Shorter ("Mama G" and "Sydney") and one each by Kelly and Morgan ("Wrinkles" and "What Know" respectively) -- and the standard "June Night," all equally enjoyable. Along with the OJC CD "Kelly Blue," "Kelly Great" is one of Wynton's best efforts as a leader.
By Michael B. Richman.
**
Pianist Wynton Kelly teams up with trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones for a fine, advanced hard bop date. There are four originals (all virtually forgotten decades later) by Kelly, Shorter and Morgan but it is the lone standard, a playful version of "June Night" (which has some puckish Morgan trumpet), that is the standout. At 35 minutes, this CD reissue of a former LP is pretty brief, but what is here on the formerly rare session should satisfy collectors of the style.
By Scott Yanow, All Music Guide.
**
Personnel:
Wynton Kelly- (Piano)
Wayne Shorter- (Tenor Sax)
Lee Morgan- (Trumpet)
Paul Chambers- (Bass)
Philly Joe Jones- (Drums)
Cannonball Adderley- (Alto Sax)
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01. Wrinkles 8:05
02. Mama 'G' 7:42
03. June Night 8:23
04. What I Know 8:01
05. Sydney 3:55
**
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