Al Cohn, Joe Newman, Freddie Green - Mosaic Select vol.27

MP3@192kbps :CD1 - 105mb CD2 - 81mb CD3 - 77mb
Label:Mosaic Records
Year:2007

In the mid fifties, Al Cohn, Joe Newman and Freddie Green were ubiquitous at RCA Victor jazz sessions. In 1955, they made five superb small group swing albums together for RCA with the group size ranging from septet to nonet. These wonderful sessions were issued as Cohn's The Natural Seven and Four Trumpets, One Tenor, Newman's All I Wanna Do Is Swing and I'm Still Swinging and Green's Mr. Rhythm.

DISC 1
1. A Kiss To Build A Dream On (A) 3:31
(Hammerstein-Kalmar-Ruby) Arranged by Manny Albam
2. Doggin' Around (A) 3:02
(E. Battle-H. Evans) Arranged by Ernie Wilkins
3. Jump The Blues Away (A) 2:58
(Ed Lewis) Arranged by Manny Albam
4. Jack's Kinda Swing (A) 3:36
(Al Cohn) Arranged by Al Cohn
5. The Natural Thing To Do (A) 3:01
(Al Cohn) Arranged by Al Cohn
6. A.C. Meets Osie (A) 2:43
(Al Cohn) Arranged by Al Cohn
7. Baby Please (A) 3:05
(Al Cohn) Arranged by Al Cohn
8. 9:20 Special (A) 2:59
(Warren-Palmer-Engvick) Arranged by Manny Albam
9. Pick A Dilly (A) 3:30
(Al Cohn) Arranged by Al Cohn
10. Count Me In (A) 3:34
(Al Cohn) Arranged by Al Cohn
11. Freddie's Tune (A) 3:27
(Freddie Green) Arranged by Al Cohn
12. Osie's Blues (A) 2:30
(O. Johnson-M. Albam) Arranged by Manny Albam
13. Up In The Blues (B2) 2:34
(Freddie Green) Arranged by Al Cohn
14. Down For Double (B1) 4:00
(Freddie Green) Arranged by Al Cohn
15. Back And Forth (B2) 2:18
(Freddie Green) Arranged by Ernie Wilkins
16. Free And Easy (B1) 3:26
(Freddie Green) Arranged by Manny Albam
17. Learnin' The Blues (B1) 3:29
(Dolores Vicki Silver) Arranged by Manny Albam
18. Feed Bag (B2) 2:59
(Freddie Green) Arranged by Manny Albam
19. Something's Gotta Give (B1) 2:54
(Johnny Mercer) Arranged by Al Cohn
20. Easy Does It (B1) 3:43
(S. Oliver-J. Young) Arranged by Manny Albam
21. Little Red (B2) 2:09
(Freddie Green) Arranged by Ernie Wilkins
22. Swinging Back (B1) 3:23
(Freddie Green) Arranged by Ernie Wilkins
23. A Date With Ray (B1) 4:53
(Freddie Green) Arranged by Ernie Wilkins
24. When You Wish Upon A Star (B1) 2:39
(N. Washington-L. Harline) Arranged by Ernie Wilkins

DISC 2
1. Pretty Skinny Bunny (C) 2:27
(Ernie Wilkins) Arranged by Ernie Wilkins
2. Leonice (C) 3:35
(Joe Newman) Arranged by Manny Albam
3. Jack's Wax (C) 2:30
(Al Cohn) Arranged by Al Cohn
4. Topsy (C) 3:15
(E. Durhan-E. Battle) Arranged by Manny Albam
5. Captain Spaulding (C) 3:28
(Al Cohn) Arranged by Al Cohn
6. I Could Have Told You (C) 2:56
(J. Van Heusen-C. Sigman) Arranged by Ernie Wilkins
7. Soon (C) 2:41
(G. Gershwin-I. Gershwin) Arranged by Manny Albam
8. Limehouse Blues (C) 3:24
(P. Braham-D. Furber) Arranged by Al Cohn
9. Dream A Little Dream Of Me (C) 2:35
(Andre-Kahn-Schwandt) Arranged by Ernie Wilkins
10. Corner Pocket (C) 2:42
(Freddie Green) Arranged by Ernie Wilkins
11. If I Could Be With You (C) 3:07
(J. P. Johnson-H. Creamer) Arranged by Al Cohn
12. It's A Thing Of The Past (C) 2:41
(Manny Albam) Arranged by Manny Albam
13. Lullaby Of Birdland (C) 3:08
(George Shearing) Arranged by Manny Albam
14. Top Hat, White Tie And Tails (D) 2:46
(Irving Berlin) Arranged by Manny Albam
15. You Can Depend On Me (D) 3:32
(Hines-Carpenter-Dunlap) Arranged by Manny Albam
16. We'll Be Together Again (D) 3:40
(F. Laine-C. Fischer) Arranged by Ernie Wilkins
17. It's Bad For Me (D) 3:19
(Cole Porter) Arranged by Al Cohn
18. Exactly Like You (D) 3:16
(J. McHugh-D. Fields) Arranged by Al Cohn
19. Shameful Roger (D) 2:46
(Manny Albam) Arranged by Manny Albam

DISC 3
1. The Daughter Of Miss Thing (D) 2:30
(J. Newman-E. Wilkins) Arranged by Ernie Wilkins
2. Sometimes I'm Happy (D) 3:00
(Youmans-Caesar-Grey) Arranged by Manny Albam
3. Sweethearts On Parade (D) 2:40
(C. Newman-C. Lombardo) Arranged by Al Cohn
4. Slats (D) 3:56
(Joe Newman) Arranged by Ernie Wilkins
5. Lament For A Lost Love (D) 3:10
(Ellington-Bigard-Mills) Arranged by Al Cohn
6. Prefidia (D) 2:51
(A. Dominguez-M. Leeds) Arranged by Ernie Wilkins
7. Rosetta (E1) 4:29
(E. Hines-H. Woode) Arranged by Al Cohn
8. The Song Is Ended (E2) 2:45
(Irving Berlin) Arranged by Manny Albam
9. Linger Awhile (E3) 3:23
(V. Rose-H. Owens) Arranged by Manny Albam
10. Every Time (E1) 2:19
(W. Farrar-W. Kent) Arranged by Al Cohn
11. Haroosh (E3) 4:02
(Al Cohn) Arranged by Al Cohn
12. Just Plain Sam (E1) 2:56
(Manny Albam) Arranged by Manny Albam
13. I'm Coming Virginia (E3) 2:31
(D. Heywood-W. Cook) Arranged by Al Cohn
14. Cohn, Not Cohen (E2) 2:45
(Al Cohn) Arranged by Al Cohn
15. A Little Song (E2) 2:46
(Al Cohn) Arranged by Al Cohn
16. Foggy Water (E2) 2:48
(Manny Albam) Arranged by Manny Albam
17. Sugar Cohn (E3) 3:07
(Manny Albam) Arranged by Manny Albam
18. Alone Together (E1) 3:29
(H. Dietz-A. Schwartz) Arranged by Manny Albam

(A) Joe Newman, trumpet; Frank Rehak, trombone; Al Cohn, tenor sax; Nat Pierce, piano;
Freddie Green, guitar; Milt Hinton, bass; Osie Johnson, drums, vocal on "Osie's Blues."
Arranged by Al Cohn, Manny Albam and Ernie Wilkins
Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City on February 3, 1955
Originally issued as AL COHN - THE NATURAL SEVEN, RCA Victor LPM-1116

(B) Joe Newman, trumpet; Henry Coker, trombone; Al Cohn, tenor sax, clarinet, bass clarinet;
Nat Pierce, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Milt Hinton, bass; Jo Jones (B1) or Osie Johnson (B2), drums.
Arranged by Al Cohn, Manny Albam and Ernie Wilkins
Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City on December 18, 1955
Originally issued as FREDDIE GREEN MR. RHYTHM, RCA Victor LPM-1210

(C) Joe Newman, trumpet; Frank Rehak, trombone; Ernie Wilkins, alto sax; Al Cohn, tenor sax;
Nat Pierce, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Milt Hinton, bass; Shadow Wilson, drums.
Arranged by Al Cohn, Manny Albam and Ernie Wilkins
Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City on February 8, 1955
"Lullaby Of Birdland" originally issued on VARIOUS ARTISTS - LULLABY OF BIRDLAND, RCA Victor LPM 1146
All other tunes originally issued as JOE NEWMAN - ALL I WANNA DO IS SWING, RCA Victor LPM-1118

(D) Joe Newman, trumpet; Urbie Green, trombone; Gene Quill, alto sax; Al Cohn, tenor sax;
Dick Katz, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Eddie Jones, bass; Shadow Wilson, drums.
Arranged by Al Cohn, Manny Albam and Ernie Wilkins
Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City on October 3 & 4, 1955
Originally issued as JOE NEWMAN - I'M STILL SWINGING, RCA Victor LPM-1198

(E) Joe Newman, Thad Jones, Joe Wilder (E1) or Bernie Glow (E2) or Phil Sunkel (E3), trumpets; Nick Travis, trumpet, valve trombone;
Al Cohn, tenor sax; Dick Katz, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Buddy Jones, bass; Osie Johnson, drums.
Arranged by Al Cohn and Manny Albam
Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City on May 9 (E1), May 14 (E2) and May 16 (E3), 1955
Originally issued as THE JAZZ WORKSHOP - FOUR BRASS, ONE TENOR, RCA Victor LPM-1161

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