Buddy Rich & Harry "Sweets" Edison - Buddy and Sweets 1955

Buddy Rich & Harry "Sweets" Edison
Buddy and Sweets

Tracks
1 Yellow Rose of Brooklyn (Edison) 4:35
2 Easy Does It (Oliver, Young) 8:20
3 All Sweets (Edison) 2:13
4 Nice Work If You Can Get It (Gershwin, Gershwin) 4:07
5 Barney's Bugle (Rich) 9:43
6 Now's the Time (Parker) 4:43
7 You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me (Dubin, Warren) 5:10

Personnel
Buddy Rich (Drums)

Harry "Sweets" Edison (Trumpet)

Jimmy Rowles (Piano)

Barney Kessel (Guitar)

John Simmons (Bass)
Recorded September 1, 1955 at Radio Recorders, Hollywood.

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Cy Touff - His Octet and Quintet

Cy Touff
His Octet and Quintet

Tracks
1 Keester Parade (Mandel) 7:50
2 TNT (Kahn) 4:54
3 What Am I Here For? (Ellington, Laine) 4:21
4 Groover Wailin' (Mandel) 4:10
5 Prez-Ence (Kamuca, Touff, Young) 5:24
6 Half Past Jumping Time (Hefti) 3:50
7 A Smooth One (Goodman) 6:58
8 Primitive Cats (Kamuca, Touff) 5:38
9 It's Sand, Man ! (Lewis) 5:24
10 A Smooth One [alt. take] (Goodman) 2:32

Personnel
[# 1-4]
Harry "Sweets" Edison, Conrad Gozzo - tp
Cy Touff - bs tp
Richie Kamuca - ts
Matt Utal - as & bs
Russ Freeman - p
Leroy Vinnegar - b
Chuck Flores - dr

[# 5-10]
Cy Touff - bs tp
Richie Kamuca - ts
Pete Jolly - p
Leroy Vinnegar - b
Chuck Flores - dr

Recorded at the Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California ; December 4 [octet] ; & December 5 [quintet], 1955

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Cy Touff was one of the few specialists on the bass trumpet, an instrument that does not sound all that different from a valve trombone. This 1998 reissue CD finds Touff in two different settings. The first four numbers feature an octet (comprised of trumpeters Harry "Sweets" Edison and Conrad Gozzo, Touff, tenor-saxophonist Richie Kamuca, Matt Utal on reeds, pianist Russ Freeman, bassist Leroy Vinnegar and drummer Chuck Flores) performing three Johnny Mandel arrangements and one by Ernie Wilkins ("What Am I Here For"). "Keester Parade" uses a familiar Sweets Edison line ("Centerpiece") while Tiny Kahn's "TNT" is easily recognizable as the basis for Dave Frishberg's "Can't Take You Nowhere." Touff, Kamuca and Edison are the main soloists on the cool-toned Basie-oriented date. The remainder of the CD is from the following day and puts more of the focus on Touff's soloing in a quintet with Kamuca and pianist Pete Jolly. Touff and Kamuca blend together very well and play off each other in winning fashion. This music also tips its cap constantly to Basie (Jolly purposely plays a few phrases like Count) with "Prez-ence" finding the two horns playing Lester Young's recorded solo on "You're Driving Me Crazy." One of only 2 1/2 albums led by Cy Touff, this CD is definitive of Touff and also notable for featuring Richie Kamuca in superb form.
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Lester Young Laughin' to Keep from Cryin' 1958

Tracks
1 Salute to Benny (Young) 8:32
2 They Can't Take That Away from Me (Gershwin, Gershwin) 6:02
3 Romping (Young) 11:42
4 Gypsy in My Soul (Boland, Jaffe) 4:14
5 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Clare, Stept) 6:11
6 Ballad Medley : The Very Thought of You/I Want a Little Girl/Blue (Basie, David, Livingston) 6:38
7 Mean to Me [*] (Ahlert, Turk) 6:58

Personnel
Lester Young - tenor saxophone & clarinete [# 1 & 2]
Roy Eldridge - trumpete
Harry "Sweets" Edison - trumpete
Hank Jones - piano
Herb Ellis - guitar
George Duvivier - bass
Mickey Sheen - drums

Recorded February 1958 in New York City

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Jam Session One - Apple Jam (1953)

A typical Norman Granz produced all star jam session, the sort that these guys seemed to toss off without the blink of an eye!
Great fun and well worth a listen...

1 Apple Jam (the Band) (11:41)
2 Oh! Lady, Be Good (G & I Gershwin) (19:42)
3 Blues for the Count (Basie-Peterson) (15:35)
4 Ballad Medley (13:07)
- Indian Summer (Dubin-Herbert)
- Willow Weep for Me (Ronell)
- If I Had You (Campbell-Connelly-Crosby)
- A Ghost Of A Chance (Young-Crosby)
- Love Walked In (G& I Gershwin)
- Sophisticated Lady (Ellington-Mills)
- Nancy (Hausen-Silvers)
- I Hadn't Anyone Till You (Noble)

Harry ''Sweets'' Edison, (trumpet); Benny Carter, Willie Smith, (alto sax)
Buddy DeFranco, (clarinet); Wardell Gray, Stan Getz, (tenor sax)
Count Basie, (piano on 1 & 2. organ on 3); Arnold Ross, (piano on 3 & 4)
Freddie Green, (guitar); John Simmons, (bass); Buddy Rich, (drums).

Recoded Hollywood, August 3rd, 1953
Produced by Norman Granz (for Clef Records).

.: Jam Session - Apple Jam :.