redbeansandrice
das nächste Album aus Forrest Westbrooks Archiv, diesmal steht er selbst im Zentrum….
Wollte ich auch noch mitteilen … gestern kam ja der Newsletter, sind auch sonst wieder schöne Sachen dabei.
The Remarkable Forrest Westbrook – His Trio & Quintet (Previously Unreleased Recordings)
Fresh Sound Records
Reference: FSRCD 890
Pianist Forrest Westbrook (1927-2014) has remained under the radar for years, not only for most jazz fans, but also for critics and many of his peers. Leslie Westbrook, Forrest’s eldest daughter, had this to say about his lack of fame: “My father was very modest, never promoted himself, and was very reluctant to record.”
The jazz world got an indication of what had largely escaped its notice during Westbrook’s life, when his dazzlingly accomplished and swinging piano emerged last year on a previously unissued, superb session with the late Carmell Jones, recorded during August 1960, when the great trumpeter was on the cusp of his early fame on the West Coast. Now, the impressive extent of Westbrook’s imaginative grasp, individuality and technical accomplishment is further confirmed with this release of more recordings from that era, featuring this truly remarkable pianist at the head of a trio completed by bassist Bill Plummer and drummerMaurice Miller, and leading on a quintet date with bassist Gary Peacock replacing Plummer and Bill Schwemmer in for Miller.
01. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You (Bassman-Washington) 10:20
02. In Your Own Sweet Way (Dave Brubeck) 9:10
03. Buzzy (Charlie Parker) 10:30
04. I Love You (Cole Porter) 12:27
05. Shine on Harvest Moon (Norwoth-Bayes) 6:38
06. Effa (unknown) 7:30
Tracks #1-5: FORREST WESTBROOK TRIO
Forrest Westbrook, piano; Bill Plummer, bass; Maurice Miller, drums.
Recorded at Forrest Westbrook home-studio, Santa Monica, CA, 1958
Track #6: FORREST WESTBROOK QUINTET
Dick Hurwitz, trumpet; Dave Madden, tenor sax; Forrest Westbrook, piano Gary Peacock, bass; Bill Schwemmer, drums.
Recorded at Forrest Westbrook home-studio, Santa Monica, CA, 1960
Produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol
Hi Fi · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered
--
"Don't play what the public want. You play what you want and let the public pick up on what you doin' -- even if it take them fifteen, twenty years." (Thelonious Monk) | Meine Sendungen auf Radio StoneFM: gypsy goes jazz, #164: Neuheiten aus dem Archiv, 10.6., 22:00 | Slow Drive to South Africa, #8: tba | No Problem Saloon, #30: tba