Charlie Rouse - Yeah ! (1961) CD Rip

Tracklist

1. You Don'T Know What Love Is
2. Lil Rousin'
3. Stella By Starlight
4. Billy'S Blues
5. Rouse'S Point
6. (There Is) No Greater Love
7. When Sunny Gets Blue (Bonus Track)
8. Quarter Moon (Bonus Track)
9. I Should Care (Bonus Track)

personnel :

Tracks 1 - 6:
Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
Billy Gardner - piano
Peck Morrison - bass
Dave Bailey - drums
Recorded in NY City on December 20 and 21, 1960

Tracks 7 - 9:
Charlie Rouse - tenor saxophone
Gildo Mahones - piano
Reggie Workman - bass
Art Taylor - drums
Recorded in NY City on July 13, 1961

Thelonious Monk's legendary tenorist steps out on his own in this fantastic (and rare) hardbop session from the early 60s! The album's quite different than some of the work Charlie Rouse cut with Monk's classic quartet at the time -- more in a hardbop mode that takes us back to his late 50s sides for Prestige -- but done with a new sense sharpness, and a bit more of a soul jazz influence overall! The group is great too -- a quartet that includes Dave Bailey on drums, Billy Gardner on piano, and Peck Morrison on bass. The latter two were playing a lot with Lou Donaldson in the early 60s, and they bring a similar rhythmic flavor to this set as well -- and although we've always loved Rouse's modernist tones with Monk, this session shows him as a true emotional genius, capable of laying down a tight solo that's right in the pocket! Titles include "Billy's Blues", "Lil Rousin", "Stella By Starlight", and "Rouse's Point". CD also features 3 bonus tracks -- "When Sunny Gets Blue", "Quarter Moon", and "I Should Care".