Herbie Harper (1955)

MP3@320KBPS : 61,74MB

TRACKLIST:

1. Anything Goes 3:46

2. I’m Old Fashioned 2:39

3. I’ll Take Romance 3:50

4. Topsy 3:50

5. How Deep Is The Ocean 3:36

6. Now You Know 3:31

7. Angus 5:04

Recorded in Los Angeles CA, January 25, 1955


LINEUP

Herbie Harper trombone 
Corky Hale harp
 Charlie Mariano alto sax
 Jimmy Giuffre tenor and baritone sax, clarinet

Paul Sarmento tuba
 Jimmy Rowles piano
 Harry Babasin bass 
Irv Cottler drums

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REVIEW:

A fine trombonist active in the West Coast jazz scene of the 1950s, Herbie Harper spent most of his playing time after 1955 as a studio musician, although he occasionally re-emerged in the jazz world. After playing with Charlie Spivak’s Orchestra (1944-1947), Harper settled in Los Angeles, where he gigged with Teddy Edwards and had short-time associations with Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnet, and Stan Kenton (1950). In addition to recording in the 1950s with June Christy, Kenton, Maynard Ferguson, Benny Carter, and Barnet, Herbie Harper led five albums of his own during 1954-1957 for Nocturne, Tampa, Bethlehem, and Mode. He mostly worked in the studios afterwards, but emerged to play with Bob Florence’s big band and, in the 1980s, he recorded for SeaBreeze and with Bill Perkins for VSOP.

~ by Scott Yanow, AMG

Thanks to Raz Jazz Is My Life : )

Frank Rosolino : Four Horns and a Lush Life 1956

Frank Rosolino - Four Horns and a Lush Life (1956)
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Toshiba/EMI | miniLP | TOCJ-62052

-01 - I'll Never Forget What's Her Name (3:20)
-02 - But Beautiful (2:17)
-03 - Dancing on the Ceiling (3:09)
-04 - The Boy Next Door (2:37)
-05 - Just One of Those Things (4:06)
-06 - Zigeuner Noël Coward (2:55)
-07 - Limehouse Blues (3:04)
-08 - Lush Life (2:07)
-09 - Lover, Come Back to Me (5:36)
-10 - Ramona (2:40)
-11 - Someone to Watch over Me (2:31)
-12 - What Is This Thing Called Love? (3:04)

Personnel:
Russell Garcia (Conductor) Frank Rosolino (Trombone) Maynard Ferguson (Trombone) Herbie Harper (Trombone) Tommy Pederson (Trombone)
Dick Houlgate (Baritone Sax) Marty Paich (Piano) Red Mitchell (Bass) Stan Levey (Drums)

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AMG:
Russ Garcia was a popular arranger in the mid-'50s, often working with some of the best jazz artists of the day. On this session for Bethlehem, he conducts an octet with four trombonists (including Maynard Ferguson, Frank Rosolino, Herbie Harper and Tommy Pederson), plus baritone saxophonist Dick Houlgate, pianist Marty Paich, bassist Red Mitchell and drummer Stan Levey. Most of Garcia's cool arrangements are of standards, while his "I'll Never Forget What's Her Name (The Lo-est)" is a barely disguised reworking of the chord changes to "Fine and Dandy." Obviously, the trombonists are the primary focus of the solos, though Paich, Houlgate and Mitchell get a chance to get in a few licks of their own. Garcia's use of a trombone choir is very effective in the warm treatment of "Lush Life" and a cooking "What Is This Thing Called Love." Licensed at least once for a reissue LP in the 1970s, this enjoyable album should not be terribly hard to acquire; it was also released under Frank Rosolino's name as Four Horns and a Lush Life.