Horace Parlan - Up & Down (RVG Edition)
Artist.....: Horace Parlan
Title......: Up & Down (RVG Edition)
Label......: Blue Note Records
Store Date.: Feb-10-2009
Genre......: Jazz
Encoder....: Lame 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Size.......: 77,1 MB
Track Listing:
01 - The Book's Beatr 09:51
02 - Up And Down 06:11
03 - Fugee 07:05
04 - The Other Part Of Town 11:41
05 - Lonely One 04:06
06 - Light Blue 06:05
07 - Fugee (Alternate Take) 07:02
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52:01 min
Release Notes:
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By adding guitarist Grant Green and tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin
to his standard rhythm section of bassist George Tucker and
drummer Al Harewood, pianist Horace Parlan opens up his sound and
brings it closer to soul-jazz on Up and Down. Green's clean,
graceful style meshes well with Parlan's relaxed technique, while
Ervin's robust tone and virile attack provides a good contrast to
the laid-back groove the rhythm section lays down. Stylistically,
the music is balanced between hard bop and soul-jazz, which are
tied together by the bluesy tint in the three soloists' playing.
All of the six original compositions give the band room to stretch
out and to not only show off their chops, but move the music
somewhat away from generic conventions and find new territory. In
other words, it finds Parlan at a peak, and in many ways, coming
into his own as a pianist and a leader.
As the house rhythm section for MintonÆs Playhouse in Harlem and
in the studio for Blue Note Records, pianist Horace Parlan,
bassist George Tucker, and drummer Al Harewood frequently made
jazz history in the early-Æ60s. This June 18, 1961 session adds
tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin, a frequent associate, and
guitarist Grant Green. And the result is one of ParlanÆs most
soulful and successful albums. This Rudy Van Gelder-remastered
edition marks the first American release of this album on CD with
an additional alternate take.
Please Enjoy..