George Wallington - Jazz for the Carriage Trade (1956) Flac

Tracklist

01. Our Delight (Dameron) - 5:38
02. Our Love Is Here to Stay (Gershwin-Gershwin) - 5:32
03. Foster Dulles (Foster) - 5:06
04. Together We Wail (Woods) - 6:51
05. What's New (Haggart-Burke) - 7:11
06. But George (Woods) - 5:55

personnel :

George Wallington - piano
Donald Byrd - trumpet
Phil Woods - alto saxophone
Teddy Kotick - bass
Art Taylor - drums

Recorded at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ on January 20, 1956.

During 1956-57 trumpeter Donald Byrd and altoist Phil Woods (both important up-and-coming players) were regular members of pianist George Wallington's quintet. For this CD reissue, bassist Teddy Kotick and drummer Art Taylor complete the group on a program that includes three standards ("Our Delight," "Our Love Is Here to Stay" and "What's New"), a pair of Woods originals ("Together We Wail" and "But George") and Frank Foster's "Foster Dulles." The music falls between bebop and hard bop with Woods sounding quite strong while Byrd comes across as a promising (but not yet mature) youngster. A fine example of this somewhat forgotten but talented group, easily recommended to bop collectors.~Scott Yanow