George Wallington - George Wallington. Complete 1956-1957 Quintet Sessions. Jazz for the Carriage Trade / The New York Scene / Jazz at Hotchkiss / 52nd Street (2015)

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Title: George Wallington. Complete 1956-1957 Quintet Sessions. Jazz for the Carriage Trade / The New York Scene / Jazz at Hotchkiss / 52nd Street
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Genre: Jazz
Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:37:56
Total Size: 354 mb | 973 mb
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Tracklist:

CD1

1. George Wallington - Our Delight
2. George Wallington - Our Love Is Here to Stay
3. George Wallington - Foster Dulles
4. George Wallington - Together We Wail
5. George Wallington - What's New_
6. George Wallington - But George
7. George Wallington - In Sarah
8. George Wallington - Up Children Reel
9. George Wallington - Graduation Day
10. George Wallington - Indian Summer
11. George Wallington - 'Dis Mornin'
12. George Wallington - Sol's Ollie

CD2

1. George Wallington - Dance of the Infidels
2. George Wallington - Strange Music
3. George Wallington - Before Dawn
4. George Wallington - Ow
5. George Wallington - 'S Make 'T
6. George Wallington - Little Benny
7. George Wallington - Be-Bop
8. George Wallington - Lemon Drop
9. George Wallington - Ornithology
10. George Wallington - Anthropology
11. George Wallington - Salt Peanuts
12. George Wallington - Groovin' High
13. George Wallington - Shaw 'Nuff
14. George Wallington - Now's the Time
15. George Wallington - Hot House
16. George Wallington - 52nd Street Theme

Pianist George Wallington decided to disband his very swinging quintet in October 1955, but reformed two months later, keeping only Donald Byrd from his old formation.

The new quintet recorded three memorable albums, each distinguished by superb solo work and all three shining examples of mainstream modern hard bop. Over a quality repertoire, both Donald Byrds distinct horn and warm, thoughtful lines, and the much featured Phil Woods heated, depth-filled inventiveness, give added life to these fine quintet sides. George Wallington, as always at his best on ballads, is particularly poignant on the very pretty Graduation Day. The members of the rhythm section changed from date to date, but they provide consistently inspired support to the freshness and incisiveness of the strikingly individual Wallington, Byrd and Woods a point marked by the case of Art Taylor, who was with Wallingtons first group and joined him again to replace Will Bradley Jr., who couldnt make it for the first album.

The music in the fourth album, which evokes the atmosphere of a typical set at one of the old 52nd Street clubs, is played by two quintets headed by Wallington, with Phil Woods, bassist Curley Russell, trumpeters Idrees Sulieman and Thad Jones, and drummers Denzil Best and Art Taylor sharing the chores with no loss of quality.