Jon Eardley - The Jon Eardley Seven (1956) FLAC

Tracks

1. Leap Year
2. There's No You
3. On the Minute
4. Ladders
5. Koo Koo
6. Eard's Word

Personnel

Jon Eardley — Trumpet
Zoot Sims — Sax (Tenor)
Phil Woods — Sax (Alto)
Milt Gold — Trombone
George Syran — Piano
Teddy Kotick — Bass
Nick Stabulas — Drums

The soft-toned trumpeter Jon Eardley (who was playing with Gerry Mulligan's Sextet at the time) holds his own with tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims and altoist Phil Woods on this excellent straightahead septet set; also in the group are trombonist Milt Gold, pianist George Syran, bassist Teddy Kotick and drummer Nick Stabulas. The CD reissue (Eardley's third and final American session as a leader) features the excellent group on three of the trumpeter's originals, one apiece by Syran and Woods plus the standard "There's No You."

Scott Yanow