The Lenny Hambro Quintet - The Nature Of Things (1956) [2015 Japan Jazz Collection 1000] CD-Rip

Reissue with the latest 2015 DSD remastering. Comes with liner notes. An excellent album of tunes with a cool Konitz-like sound – featuring the vastly under-discovered reed work of Lenny Hambro, with piano by Eddie Costa, and guitar by either Sal Salvador or Barry Galbraith. The tracks are short and angular – but have a particularly soulful groove in the mix, one that's really surprising, considering that the overall package makes you think the record would be some sleepy over-wrought major label jazz side. Swings like a mofo from a label like Storyville or Bethlehem – and with tracks that include "Comin Thru", "Blue Light", "I Love You Much Too Much", "Libation For Celebration", and "My Future Just Passed".

Tracks:

01 - Comin' Thru
02 - Ain't She Sweet
03 - I Married An Aangel
04 - My Future Just Passed
05 - Love Letters
06 - My Foolish Heart
07 - Sweet Sue - Just You
08 - Like Someone In Love
09 - I Love You Much Too Much
10 - Libation For Celebration
11 - Blue Light
12 - A Ghost Of A Chance

Personnel:

Lenny Hambro - alto sax
Eddie Costa - piano
Sal Salvador, or Barry Galbraith - guitar
Clyde Lombardi, or Arnold Fishkin - bass
Harold Granowsky, or Gus Johnson - drums