Frank_Foster-Manhattan_Fever-(Connoisseur_Series)-2007-MTD

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2007-08-31

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Frank Foster - Manhattan Fever

ARTIST.....: Frank Foster
TITLE......: Manhattan Fever
LABEL......: Blue Note
URL........: http://www.swingthatmusic.com
RIP DATE...: Sep-01-2007
STORE DATE.: Jun-05-2007
GENRE......: Jazz
QUALITY....: VBR  /  44.1Hz  /  Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 111,2 MB


Track Listing:

01 - little miss no nose                        07:02
02 - manhattan fever                            10:34
03 - loneliness                                 02:58
04 - stammpede                                  05:47
05 - you gotta be kiddin'                       03:30
06 - seventh avenue bill                        11:51
07 - slug's bag                                 07:08
08 - what's new from the monster mill           09:25
09 - hip shakin'                                07:27
10 - the house that love built                  03:29
11 - fly by night                               06:42

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                                                75:53 min
Release Notes:

Review by Steve Leggett
Frank Foster has been largely defined in jazz circles by his long
association with Count Basie (Foster was with Basie from 1953
until 1964 and led the orchestra for nine years following Basie's
death), but the tenor saxophonist, composer and arranger led his
own recording session as early as 1954 when he cut a 10" LP for
Alfred Lion's Blue Note Records. He returned to Blue Note in 1968
and recorded Manhattan Fever and material for yet another album
was cut at a session held later in 1969. Manhattan Fever had
disappointing sales, however, and the 1969 sides ended up not
being released as planned. This CD reissue adds some of that 1969
material to the original Manhattan Fever track listing, and it
makes for a much stronger and more varied set. Highlights include
the lovely "Loneliness" from the original LP and the starkly
beautiful ballad "The House That Love Built" and a wonderfully
wobbling and woozy version of Rahsaan Roland Kirk's "Fly By Night"
from the 1969 sessions. Foster's compositional (he wrote all but
three of the eleven selections here) and arranging talents are at
center stage, but when he steps out front as a soloist like he
does on "The House That Love Built," he shows why he is a top line
tenor sax player.

http://www.amazon.com/Manhattan-Fever-Frank-Foster/dp/B000PITXNC

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