Buck Clayton - Jam Session: How Hi the Fi (2005) [Original Long Play Albums] CD-Rip

The first of the famous Buck Clayton jam sessions, the exciting music on this long out-of-print LP has been reissued as part of a Mosaic box set. Two songs ("Sentimental Journey" and "Moten Swing") are from a December 1953 session in which the trumpeter/leader is teamed with trumpeter Joe Newman, trombonists Urbie Green and Benny Powell, altoist Lem Davis, Julian Dash on tenor, baritonist Charlie Fowlkes, pianist Sir Charles Thompson, guitarist Freddie Green, bassist Walter Page and drummer Jo Jones. However it is "How Hi the Fi" (cut along with "Blue Moon" on March 31, 1954) that is most memorable. Buck and fellow trumpeter Joe Thomas, trombonists Urbie Green and Trummy Young, clarinetist Woody Herman, Davis and Dash, Al Cohn on second tenor, pianist Jimmy Jones, guitarist Steve Jordan, bassist Walter Page and drummer Jo Jones are all in inspired form. The most memorable soloists are the rambunctious Trummy Young, the harmonically advanced chordings of Jimmy Jones and an exuberant Woody Herman who was rarely heard in this type of jam session setting. With Clayton having worked out some ensemble riffs for the horns beforehand and plenty of space left for spontaneity, this music has plenty of magic.


Tracks:

01. How Hi the Fi (Clayton) - 13:50
02. Blue Moon (Hart-Rodgers) - 14:13
03. Sentimental Journey (Green-Brown-Homer) - 13:52
04. Moten Swing (Moten-Moten) - 12:44

Personnel:

#1,2:
Buck Clayton, Joe Thomas - trumpet
Urbie Green, Trummy Young - trombone
Woody Herman - clarinet
Lem Davis - alto saxophone
Al Cohn, Julian Dash - tenor saxophone
Jimmy Jones - piano, celeste
Steve Jordan - guitar
Walter Page - bass
Jo Jones - drums
Recorded in New York on March 31, 1954.
#3,4:
Buck Clayton, Joe Newman - trumpet
Urbie Green, Benny Powell - trombone
Lem Davis - alto saxophone
Julian Dash - tenor saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone
Sir Charles Thompson - piano
Freddie Green - guitar
Walter Page - bass
Jo Jones - drums
Recorded in New York on December 14, 1953.