I’ve been rediscovering some of the records Coltrane made as a sideman early in his career, one of which being ‘Tenor Conclave’, released in 1957 on Prestige records and featuring Hank Mobley, Zoot Sims and Al Cohn alongside Trane. Interestingly the first pressing was credited to the ‘Prestige All Stars’, but later pressings instead gave… Continue reading Tenor Conclave – Hank Mobley
After having posted Kenny Burrell’s solo on this it makes sense to post the chart for the head as well. Simple F blues, the head is only played once after the solos. The tenor and trumpet take the melody on the top and the guitar plays the harmony part below (but up an octave). Tommy’s… Continue reading Tommy’s Tune – Tommy Flanagan
I was meaning to post this last week but unfortunately was struck down with flu and unable to finish the last two choruses until today. Not much to say about this one other than that it’s five choruses of great blues soloing by Kenny Burrell from the 1957 album ‘The Cats’, featuring Flanagan and Burrell alongside… Continue reading Tommy’s Tune (Kenny Burrell’s solo) – Tommy Flanagan
‘Bakai’ is the first tune off John Coltrane’s first album as leader, recorded in 1957 for Prestige – this tune wasn’t actually written by Trane but by trumpeter Calvin ‘Cal’ Massey, however the trumpet on the record is by Johnnie Splawn. Rhythmically this tune is an interesting Afro-Cuban style piece which alternates between largely straight 8s… Continue reading Bakai – Cal Massey
Wallpaper Jazz 