LPH 022 - News for Lulu - The Originals (1955-61)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2011; #022]


tracklist:

#1
01. Kenny Dorham Sextet - KD's Motion (1955)
02. Hank Mobley Quintet - Funk in Deep Freeze (1957)
03. Freddie Redd Quintet - Melanie (1960)
04. Sonny Clark Quintet - Melody for C (1961)
05. Kenny Dorham / Ernie Henry Quartet - Lotus Blossom (1957)
06. Sonny Clark Quintet - Eastern Incident (1957)
07. Hank Mobley / Lee Morgan Quintet - Peckin' Time (1958)
08. Freddie Redd Quintet - Blues-Blues-Blues (1960)

#2
01. Sonny Clark Quintet - Blue Minor (1958)
02. Hank Mobley Quartet - This I Dig of You (1960)
03. Kenny Dorham Sextet - Venita's Dance (1955)
04. Sonny Clark Sextet - News for Lulu (1957)
05. Freddie Redd Quintet - Olé (1960)
06. Sonny Clark Sextet - Sonny's Crib (1957)
07. Donald Byrd Quintet - Hank's Other Tune (Late Show) (1955)
08. Kenny Dorham Quintet - Windmill (1961)

total time: 115'22

All compositions by each ensemble leader, exc. 1/5 by Kenny Dorham and 1/7 + 2/7 by Hank Mobley.


Newsed by Lucky, following the selection + order on the CD "News for Lulu" by John Zorn, George Lewis, Bill Frisell (Hat Hut, Switzerland, 1990; #hat ART CD 6005).
Thanks to John Zorn, again and again - what a gain!
Cover: Louise Brooks in "Pandora's Box", G. W. Pabst, 1929; from Dr. Macro's High Quality Movie Scans.


sources:

Sonny Clark
- 2/4, 2/6: Sonny's Crib (Blue Note BLP 1576)
Donald Byrd (tp) Curtis Fuller (tb) John Coltrane (ts) Sonny Clark (p) Paul Chambers (b) Art Taylor (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, September 1, 1957
- 2/1: Cool Struttin' (Blue Note BLP 1588)
Art Farmer (tp) Jackie McLean (as) Sonny Clark (p) Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 5, 1958
- 1/6: Cool Struttin', Vol. 2 (Blue Note Japan K18P 9279)
Clifford Jordan (ts) Sonny Clark (p) Kenny Burrell (g) Paul Chambers (b) Pete LaRoca (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, December 8, 1957
- 1/4: Leapin' and Lopin' (Blue Note BLP 4091)
Tommy Turrentine (tp) Charlie Rouse (ts) Sonny Clark (p) Butch Warren (b) Billy Higgins (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, November 13, 1961

Kenny Dorham
- 1/1, 2/3: Afro-Cuban (Blue Note BLP 1535)
Kenny Dorham (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) Horace Silver (p) Percy Heath (b) Art Blakey (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, January 30, 1955
- 2/8: Whistle Stop (Blue Note BLP 4063)
Kenny Dorham (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Paul Chambers (b) Philly Joe Jones (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 15, 1961
- 1/5: Kenny Dorham/Ernie Henry - 2 Horns / 2 Rhythm (Riverside RLP 12-255)
Kenny Dorham (tp, p) Ernie Henry (as) Eddie Mathias (b) G.T. Hogan (d)
NYC, November 13, 1957

Hank Mobley
- 1/2: Hank Mobley Quintet (Blue Note BLP 1550)
Art Farmer (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 8, 1957
- 1/7: Hank Mobley/Lee Morgan - Peckin' Time (Blue Note BLP 1574)
Lee Morgan (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Paul Chambers (b) Charlie Persip (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, February 9, 1958
- 2/2: Soul Station (Blue Note BLP 4031)
Hank Mobley (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Paul Chambers (b) Art Blakey (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 7, 1960

Freddie Redd
- 1/3, 1/8, 2/5: Shades Of Redd (Blue Note BLP 4045)
Jackie McLean (as) Tina Brooks (ts) Freddie Redd (p) Paul Chambers (b) Louis Hayes (d)
Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, August 13, 1960

Donald Byrd
- 2/7: Byrd's Eye View (Transition TRLP 4)
Donald Byrd (tp) Hank Mobley (ts) Horace Silver (p) Doug Watkins (b) Art Blakey (d)
Cambridge, MA, December 2, 1955

"[...] Sonny Clark, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, and Freddie Redd - unsung jazzmen associated with Blue Note Records in the late fifties and early sixties, a period and a sound now being driven into the dust by solemn young neoclassical hard-boppers. [...]"

(from an article about John Zorn by Francis Davis, 1991 @ The Atlantic Online)