Booker Little - Victory and Sorrow 1961

01 Victory and Sorrow
02 Forward Flight
03 Looking Ahead
04 If I Should Lose You
05 Calling Softly
06 Booker's Blues
07 Matilde

Booker Little on trumpet
George Coleman on tenor saxophon
Julian Priester on trombone
Don Friedman on piano
Reggie Workman on bass
Pete LaRoca on drums

Rec.: Aug 1961-Sep 1961

Bethlehem BCP-6034

Although he only lived to be 23 and recorded for just a little over three years, Booker Little proved to be one of the top young trumpeters of his era. Victory and Sorrow was his fourth and final recording as a leader. Little's melancholy tone is heartbreaking on the date's lone standard, "If I Should Lose You," and he contributed all of the other six selections, this advanced session has many touching and hard-swinging moments.
Review by Scott Yanow

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