The Lenny Hambro Quintet - Message From Hambro (1955) [2015 Japan Jazz Collection 1000] CD-Rip

Reissue with latest 2015 DSD remastering. Comes with liner notes. A bold little message from alto saxophonist Lenny Hambro – a very strong record that should have made him as much of a giant on his instrument as contemporary talents like Lee Konitz or Herb Geller! Hambro has some of the soulful edge of the latter, and lots of the crisp, modern chromes of the former – especially in the way he runs alongside some great guitar in the group from Dick Garcia – a player we mostly know for his work on the Dawn label at the time, but who really makes the record something special here. The rest of the combo features Wade Legge on piano, Clyde Lombardi on bass, and Mel Zelnick on rhythm – and Hambro's sax work is angular and very deft – already at the top of his game. Titles include the Legge originals "Slave Girl", "Message In Minor", "Moon Slippers", and "Hoof Beats" – plus Hambro's "Thanatopsis" and "The Lonely One".

Tracks:

01 - I Get A Kick Out Of You
02 - The Lonely One
03 - Moon Slippers
04 - Easy To Love
05 - Hoof Beats
06 - Slave Girl
07 - Moonlight Becomes You
08 - Heat Wave
09 - Imagination
10 - Message In Minor
11 - Thanatopsis

Personnel:

Lenny Hambro - alto sax
Wade Legge - piano
Dick Garcia - guitar
Clyde Lombardi - bass
Mel Zelnick - drums