PEPPER ADAMS *[Plays Mingus]* WORKSHOP ['64/mono/DG] :
$
139
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
1964 WORKSHOP Records WSJ-219
MONO ORIGINAL
DEEP GROOVE LABELS
Thad Jones * Bob Cranshaw * Hank Jones * Charles McPhearson
Zoot Sims * Bennie Powell * Danny Richman [Richmond] * Paul Chambers
******************
*** we've just purchased another incredible jazz collection ***
*** please look at our other offerings! ***
includes:
BLUE NOTE * PRESTIGE * IMPULSE!
and others
******************
*
VINYL is EX++ or better!
SUPERB
very fine copy!
COVER is EX++
light edge/surface wear
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pepper Adams' Plays Charlie Mingus is a watershed album in Adams' long career. For starters, Mingus himself had a hand in the selection of material for the dates, along with Adams and vibist Teddy Charles. Next, the two dates here, September 9 and 12, 1963, were recorded with two different bands. Most of the material was taped on the earlier date with an octet comprised of Adams, Mingus' own drummer, Danny Richmond, bassist Paul Chambers, and Thad Jones on trumpet and his brother Hank on piano. The latter date added Charles McPherson on alto, Zoot Sims on tenor, Bennie Powell on trombone, and had Bob Cranshaw replacing Chambers on bass. Adams' read of "Fables of Faubus," by the quintet with its loping, rather than careening, pace, was arranged by Thad Jones approved by the composer. Historically, it is also the first recording of the work without vocals. "Incarnation," also by the quintet, was arranged by Adams. Hank Jones leads the band in the piece's difficult rhythmic and harmonic structures, and he edges Adams and Thad Jones on in the front line; Pepper's solo and fills are among the most moving and knotty of his career. Of the octet session, "Haitian Fight Song" is as furious as the composer's, as Cranshaw's bass drives the band inexhaustibly into the spirit of righteous indignation and rage at its heart. On "Better Git It in Your Soul," Sims and Powell's solos are full of gut-bucket funk and stride the R&B line with aplomb and plenty of grease. This is one of those must-own recordings for fans of Adams; but it is also for those who revere Mingus' work, because, as radical as some of these interpretations are, they were not only sanctioned by, but delighted in by the composer.
All Music Guide
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
WE COMBINE SHIPPING!
[the more you buy, the more you save]
International bids with PAYPAL payment only--1st Class International (airmail) shipping ONLY
All records carefully packed in LP shipping boxes with cardboard packing.
Record and inner sleeve removed from cover and put in poly-sleeve. (UNLESS SEALED)
INDUSTRY STANDARD PACKING METHOD
We've been buying and selling quality vinyl for over 15 years!
Purchases fully guaranteed! Return shipping not refunded, records must be in same condition.
Check out my other items!
price rating