Stan Getz @ Gerry Mulligan @ Oscar Peterson - Jazz Giants '58 [Jazz][mp3 320][h33t][schon55]

Stan Getz @ Gerry Mulligan @ Oscar Peterson - Jazz Giants '58

Label -Verve

Year - 1958

Release - 2008

Bitrate: 320 kbps

Recorded: Aug 1, 1958 Hollywood, CA



This is a beautiful and logical aglomeration of jazz giants: those who are the giants of modern jazz ( Mulligan, Getz ) have deep roots in the jazz tradition; it is actually quite fascinating to hear Stan Getz on the opening number: he actually adds some of Lester Young style wailing to his cool tenor sound! That's quite compatible with the general mood of the song, with Harry "Sweets" Edison, in his prime, and really swinging rhythm section, consisting of Oscar Peterson's trio ( with great Ray Brown having some opportunities to solo on this album and Herb Ellis doing some very effective comping ), plus great Louis Bellson on the drums... The basic principle of this album leans towards swing rather than modern jazz, but modern jazz is a key ingredient to this brilliant mainstream affair; it is a genuine pleasure to listen to Harry Edison working on Dizzy Gillespie's standard "Woody'n'you" ~ amazon.com



Producer Norman Granz (1918-2001) had an uncanny ability to create really amazing jazz albums by experimenting with the combinative chemistry of musical minds, temperaments, and personalities. While not every Granz session resulted in recordings of equal depth or profundity, the number of artistically rewarding, genre-defining albums that came together under his supervision is almost difficult for the human mind to fully comprehend. One fine example is Jazz Giants '58, a Verve album recorded inside the rented Capitol studios in Hollywood, CA on August 1, 1957 and released almost exactly one year later. The 2008 Japanese CD reissue faithfully reproduces the original cover art and makes this outstanding music available in immaculately remastered sound. Although it has since come to be identified mainly with Stan Getz, Jazz Giants '58 feels a lot like a Gerry Mulligan session, with Harry "Sweets" Edison perfectly complementing the other two horns. To support and illuminate the trumpet, tenor, and baritone saxes, Granz used his preferred rhythm trio Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis, and Ray Brown and added master percussionist Louie Bellson, fully primed after working for his wife Pearl Bailey, his hero Duke Ellington, and with Granz's internationally famous Jazz at the Philharmonic project. This was the blossoming of the great era of long-playing records, and the participants clearly relished the opportunity to stretch out and jam together in a relaxed, intimate studio environment. "Chocolate Sundae," a ten-minute collectively improvised blues of incredible warmth and irresistible texture, is followed by seven- and eight-minute sets of creative variations on a couple of tunes that were in the air during the '50s. The nearly 12-minute manifestation of the patented Norman Granz "Ballad Medley" is especially powerful by virtue of starting out with Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life." An extended romp through the changes of Dizzy Gillespie's "Woody N You" ( a tribute to the progressive sensibilities of bandleader Woody Herman penned during the 1940s ) adds pure undiluted pleasure to an album that already sounds and feels like some of the best music ever recorded by any of the participants under any circumstances. ~ Arwulf Arwulf AMG



Personnel:

Stan Getz: tenor;

Gerry Mulligan: baritone;

Harry Edison: trumpet;

Oscar Peterson: piano;

Herb Ellis: guitar;

Ray Brown: bass;

Louis Bellson: drums.



Stan Getz @ Gerry Mulligan @ Oscar Peterson - Jazz Giants '58 track list:

01. Chocolate Sundae Edison, Getz, Mulligan ... 10:10

02. When Your Lover Has Gone Swan 7:16

03. Candy David, Kramer, Whitney 7:59

04. Ballade: Lush Life/Lullaby of the Leaves/Makin' Whoopee/It Never Entere...Donaldson, Hart, Kahn, Petkere ... 11:54

05. Woody N You ...Gillespie 9:35