Friday, November 13, 2009

Clark TERRY - Color Changes 1960


Clark TERRY - Color Changes 1960

Jazz

1960 session by legendary trumpeter Clark Terry. Here Clark handpicked his sidemen to perform a collection of Terry originals, and a track by Yusef Lateef' called 'Brother Terry' and two covers.
Sidemen on this recording are: Jimmy Kneper on trombone, Julius Watkins on French Horn, Seldon Powell on tenor sax and flute, Yusef Lateef on tenor piano, sax, flute English horn and oboe, Tommy Flanagan, Joe Benjamin on bass, Ed Shaughnessy on drums as well as Buddy Johnson on piano for Naystye Blues
From Candid.
**
An excellent little album that's also one of Clark Terry's hippest! The set was recorded as part of the monumental Candid catalog in the early 60s and it's got an edgey quality that we don't normally hear in Terry's work. At some level, he's working in a mode picked up from his time with Ellington, painting in wide shades of tone and color but at another level, he's also using some more modern small group modes, of the sort that Candid was perfect at recording! Other players on the session include Jimmy Knepper, Yusef Lateef, Julius Watkins, and Seldon Powell  all fluidly coming together with Terry's horn to create some tremendously evocative work! Titles include "Chat Qui Peche", "No Problem", "La Rive Gauche", "Blue Waltz", and "Brother Terry". (Italian pressing on Base from the 80s.)
From Dusty Groove.
**
This is one of flügelhornist Clark Terry's finest albums. Terry had complete control over the music and, rather than have the usual jam session, he utilized an octet and arrangements by Yusef Lateef, Budd Johnson, and Al Cohn. The lineup of musicians (C.T., trombonist Jimmy Knepper, Julius Watkins on French horn, Yusef Lateef on tenor, flute, oboe, and English horn, Seldon Powell doubling on tenor and flute, pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Joe Benjamin, and drummer Ed Shaughnessy) lives up to its potential, and the charts make good use of the sounds of these very individual stylists. The material, which consists of originals by Terry, Duke Jordan, Lateef, and Bob Wilber, is both rare and fresh, and the interpretations always swing. Highly recommended.
By Scott Yanow. AMG.
**
Tommy Flanagan- Piano
Budd Johnson- Piano (6)
Jimmy Knepper- Trombon
Ed Shaughnessy- Drums
Julius Watkins- French Horn
Seldon Powell- Tenor Sax, Flute
Yusef Lateef- Tenor Sax, Flute, Oboe, English Horn, Voc
Joe Benjamin- Bass
Clark Terry- Trumpet, Flugelhorn
**
A1.  Blue Waltz (La Valse Bleue) (Bregman/Conn/Vocco/Wilber) - 6:37
A2.  Brother Terry (Lateef) - 3:54
A3.  Flutin' and Fluglin' (Terry) - 6:46
A4.  No Problem (Jordan) - 5:49
*
B1.  La Rive Gauche (Terry) - 5:28
B2.  Nahstye Blues (Terry) - 6:00
B3.  Chat Qui Peche (A Cat That Fishes) (Terry) - 7:32
**
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