John Handy (Alto Sax): In The Vernacular / No Coast Jazz
In The Vernacular / No Coast Jazz
CD
CD (Compact Disc)
Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.
- Label: Fresh Sound, 1959-60
- Bestellnummer: 9711746
- Erscheinungstermin: 19.7.2011
*** Japan-Import
Album digital in HD (Werbung)
Product Information
The two albums on this CD were the first John Handy recorded as a leader. This young alto saxophonist - he also plays tenor on the first album - from Texas had gained exposure and experience working with Charles Mingus and Randy Weston in 1959. "They taught me self-confidence," he said, and these recordings are full of it. His flawlessly controlled playing is strong and inventively contemporary without succumbing to the tyranny of Bird. For his well-received leader debut, "In the Vernacular," he shared the front line with the brilliant trumpeter Richard Williams supported by a near-perfect rhythm section with pianist Roland Hanna. On the second album, "No Coast Jazz," Handy is the consistent focal point of a quartet in which, like pianist Don Friedman, he uses a melodic, gentle style, building a singing, emotional quality saved from sentimentality ...
- Tracklisting
- Mitwirkende
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
- 1 I'll Close My Eyes
- 2 First Time
- 3 Suggested Line
- 4 Problem Too
- 5 Quote, Unquote
- 6 Blues in the Vernacular
- 7 Dance to the Lady
- 8 I'll Never Smile Again
- 9 To Randy
- 10 Tales of Paradise
- 11 Boo's Ups and Downs
- 12 Hi Number
- 13 Pretty Side Avenue
- 14 No Coast
