Joe Temperley - A Portrait (2006)

Tracklist

01. The Goof and I
02. I Should Care
03. Swing House
04. Can't We Be Friends
05. This Time the Dream's On Me
06. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
07. East St. Louis Toddle-oo
08. Sweet and Lovely
09. Poor Butterfly
10. A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
11. Mainstem
12. A Single Petal of a Rose

Born in the mining community of Lochgelly, Scotland in 1929, Temperley is not quite the oldest professional saxophone player in America. Alto sax player Lou Donaldson was born in 1926; Frank Wess in ’22. But Joe, who recently celebrated his 82nd birthday, is the nation’s senior baritone sax artist, and one of the true anchors of the global jazz scene. “Joe is one of the greatest baritone saxophone players that ever lived, the biggest sound that you ever want to hear,” says Sherman Irby. “And he's still inquisitive, he's still learning, he's still finding new stuff to work on.”

Joe Temperley (bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone)
Andy Farber (tenor saxophone)
John Bunch (piano)
Joe Farnsworth (drums)

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