Artist.......: Gerald Wilson
Album........: Big Band Modern
Label........: Jazz Factory
Genre........: Jazz
Catnr........: JFCD22880
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Jul-09-2007
str.date.....: Jun-05-2006
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. Algerian fantasy 06:04
02. Bull fighter 02:50
03. Lotus land 05:49
04. Theme 02:41
05. Mambo mexicano 04:20
06. Black rose 03:23
07. Romance 03:12
08. Since we said goodbye 02:55
09. Hollywood Freeway 05:46
10. Sea breeze 04:08
11. Nice work if you can get it 02:59
12. Indiana 04:03
13. It had to be you 01:54
14. Out of nowhere 04:30
15. Hollywood freeway 12:33
Runtime 67:07 min
Size 79,3 MB
Release Notes:
Genius early work from west coast leader Gerald
Wilson -- heard here many years before his famous
60s sides for Pacific Jazz, on material from one
rare 1954 album, plus a full bonus live set from a
few years before -- issued here for the first time
ever! The 1954 studio work is especially great --
done in a style that still shows Wilson's bold
talents for unified grooving and breakout solo
moments -- but with perhaps a bit more touch of the
exotic than even some of his Spanish and
Latin-tinged sides from later years. Most of the
tunes here are original Wilson compositions,
handled in an array of colors and tones that are
breathtaking, and which really beat most of the
better-known mainstream LA leaders of the time at
their own game! Players include Paul Gonsalves,
Teddy Edwards, Clark Terry, John Anderson, Addison
Farmer, and Jerry Dodgion -- and titles include
"Algerian Fantasy", "Romance", "Black Rose", "Mambo
Mexicano", "Lotus Land", and "Bull Fighter". The
second half of the CD is from a live date recorded
at San Francisco's Veteran's Memorial in 1950 --
with quality that's certainly a bit more "live"
than the other tracks on the CD, but still
relatively strong overall -- especially given the
half-century since the time of recording. The
lineup for this batch of tunes includes Melba
Liston, Ernie Royal, Wardell Gray, Stan Getz, Sonni
Criss, and Gerald Wiggins -- a very unusual batch
of all-star players -- and titles include
"Hollywood Freeway", "Out Of Nowhere", "Sea
Breeze", and "It Had To Be You".