wenn ich das richtig seh, ist 2-2 Conte Candoli an der Trompete, nicht Rogers, der allerdings den Grossteil des Album arrangiert hat… ich hab beide nicht wenig gehört in den letzten Monaten und mag Rogers deutlich lieber… 2-3: ja, Mariano… wegen Dick Collins, Al Cohn und Wilder… Cohn hat ja auch auf seinem einen eigenem Album gleich drei Wilder Stücke verwendet, den würd ich als Lieferanten vermuten… eine Verbindung ist scheinbar via George Barnes, der offenbar ein guter Freund von Al Cohn war, s diesen facebook post von seiner Tochter für die Verbindung Barnes-Cohn
Saxophonist and arranger Al Cohn was perhaps best known for his partnership with fellow sax master Zoot Sims. But in the Barnes family, Al was one of GB’s good buddies, a musical kindred with comprehensive skills and experience and a jazz musician’s requisite sense of humor. He was always GB’s first call for tenor, and they were often together for last call at the iconic New York musicians‘ hang, Jim & Andy’s.
When Al got married for the second time, it was to the statuesque vocalist/composer Flo Handy (whose last name was from her first husband, arranger George Handy). Her rich alto, and her warm demeanor, were main attractions to Al…it mattered not at all to him that Flo was the estranged sister of 1940s pop singer Ella Mae Morse. It didn’t matter to GB, either, who was a couple of years into his happiest days, in partnership with Carl Kress, when Al brought his new wife and his happy self to the Barnes penthouse to meet. GB and Flo jammed a bit, and talked about recording together…and so they did, deciding to keep it intimate. Just Flo and two of the greatest guitarists who ever lived.
The album was released in 1964, has never been re-issued in the U.S. (I think there’s a Japanese re-release floating around somewhere), and tracks are curiously hard to find on Youtube, or anywhere else on the Internet. Today, though, as I was thinking about the few collaborations GB had with the brilliant composer/lyricist Alec Wilder, I found this–GB’s melody and Alec’s lyrics, coming through Flo’s unique voice–and it took me back to my days as a budding ten-year-old performer, coming home from school to their rehearsals in our living room, learning about how it’s done from these inimitable three.
https://www.podomatic.com/…/2007-02-06T22_05_55-08_00
aber er war auch ein Freund von Wilder, wie man hier lesen kann, ich zitier mal den einen Brief von Wilder an Barnes
Dear George:
Most Americans are embarrassed by loving remarks. Since I am about to make a few, I’ll have to risk embarrassing you.
You may ask how anyone who hears you play so seldom could feel so intensely about your musical communication as I do.
Two reasons: I didn’t know for a long time that you and Bucky were working in New York, and when I did learn, I was unable to be here.
What you do is much more than be a brilliant musician. Your statements, comments, attitudes are all what caused me to suggest the album title: “Aspects of the Truth.”
Very few players have provided me with more than their music: [Bix] Biederbecke, [Stan] Getz, [Gerry] Mulligan, [Paul] Desmond, Hank Jones, Toots Thielemans, [Art] Tatum, and only a few others, like Joe Wilder.
And what are their extra elements? Reassurance, reaffirmation, wit, warmth, conviction and, best of all, hope!
So here I am, thanking you from the bottom of my head and heart.
I stopped by and Bucky told me you had the flu. I hope it clears up fast.
My best to Evelyn and Alexandra.
Alec
kann also auch gut sein, dass Cohn und Wilder einander kannten…
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