Spring 2011 - Worlds Records

FRESH SOUND
623 JIMMY SMITH A DATE WITH JIMMY SMITH Falling In Love With Love • How High The Moon •
Funk’s Oats • I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart • I’m Getting Sentimental Over You • Groovy Date (Personnel:
Donald Byrd, Lou Donaldson, Hank Mobley, Eddie McFadden, Art Blakey, Donald Bailey) [1957]
These 1957 sessions were the first Jimmy Smith did with horns after his recording debut the previous year.
With the calibre of the top-rank musicians involved – Smith, the first to translate Bird’s innovations to the
organ, altoist Donaldson, the blues-drenched Bird follower, and both Mobley and Byrd contributing some
thoughtful blowing of their own on tenor and trumpet respectively - the overall results were rewarding. In the
rhythm section, McFadden’s warm guitar offered another colour to the organ-and-horns sound, and Blakey,
as always, was a force of nature. [Item Code: 66647 CD: $17.00]
1652 ART FARMER BENNY GOLSON MEET THE JAZZTET Serenata • It Ain’t Necessarily So • Avalon
• I Remember Clifford • Blues March • It’s All Right With Me • Park Avenue Petite • Mox Nix • Easy Living
• Killer Joe (Personnel: Curtis Fuller, McCoy Tyner, Addison Farmer, Lex Humphries) [1960] Here is the
swinging debut of the Jazztet, the group that set the jazz world on fire just a few months after they made their
official first public appearance on November 16, 1959 in New York’s Five Spot cafe. The Jazztet won the new
star award among jazz groups in the 1960 Down beat International Jazz Critics poll. [Item Code: 66532 CD: $17.00]
1653 ART FARMER BENNY GOLSON THE JAZZTET BIG CITY SOUNDS The Cool One • Blues On
Down • Hi-Fly • My Funny Valentine • Wonder Why • Con Alma • Lament • Bean Bag • Five Spot After
Dark (Personnel: Tom McIntosh, Cedar Walton, Tommy Williams, Albert Heath) [1960] In this, second
album, the entire personnel was reshuffled, and only the leaders remained: Art Farmer and Benny Golson.
None of the changes were for the worse, judging by the present evidence. Most of the group’s values lies in
the virtues of its soloists, but their presentation in a skillfully planned setting - rather than in rambling ad lib
excursions of arbitrary length - was an added plus factor of its success. [Item Code: 66534 CD: $17.00]
1655 DAVE PELL OCTET SWINGIN’ IN THE OL’ CORRAL I’m An Old Cowhand • Gal In Calico •
Empty Saddles • Arkansas • Camptown March And Blues • South Of The Border • Wagon Wheels • Across
The Alley From The Alamo • My Sombrero • Oklahoma Hills • Cool Water • I’ll Be Hanged (Personnel:
Don Fagerquist, Marty Berman, Marty Paich, Ray Sims, Tommy Tedesco, Buddy Clark, Frank Capp) [1956]
Swingin’ in the Ol’ Corral or “I’ll Be Hanged If They Don’t Hang Me First” owes its existence to a disc jockey
named Jack Wagner, who had the fine habit of more than occasionally spinning jazz recordings on his several
KHJ programs. The Dave Pell Octet happened to be one of his favorite groups, and so it was Dave to
whom he turned when it occurred to him to present a sterling galaxy of Western tunes in a jazz format. Pell
seized on this one like a small lad going after a licorice stick, and in due time Swingin’ in the Ol’ Corral was strictly fact. The fact of the matter is
that here is an album of great joy and rare good humor. Lofty praise of this success must be heaped on the various arrangers, who did a fine job
with this collection of songs certainly familiar to everyone. [Item Code: 66643 CD: $17.00]
1656 DAVE PELL OCTET SWINGIN’ SCHOOL SONGS On Wisconsin • The Victors (University Of
Michigan) • Rambling Wreck From Georgia Tech • Fight On (University Of Southern California) Far Above
Cayuga’s Waters • Iowa Corn Song • Indiana, Our Indiana • Navy Blue And Gold • The Eves Of Texas • Hail
Purdue • Minnesota Rouser • Wave The Flag (University Of Chicago) • Go U Northwestern • Illinois Loyalty
• Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi • Notre Dame Victory March (Personnel: Don Fagerquist, Bob Enevoldsen,
Marty Berman, Marty Paich, Tony Rizzi, Buddy Clark, Frank Capp) [1958] The smooth sound of the Dave
Pell Octet and the general feeling of their presentations, though an essential contributing factor to the unit’s
success, have moved certain jazz critics to categorize Pell’s music as jazz. The major portion of the octet’s
work were dances, and over 95 percent of them were for high schools and colleges. “Almost every time
we play a college or high school, there are requests for the school song,” said Pell. “When our baritone sax
man suggested we make jazz arrangements on the best known college songs… I took the idea immediately.
[Item Code: 66644 CD: $17.00]
GROOVE HUT
66713 BOBBY TIMMONS THIS HERE IS BOBBY TIMMONS - SOUL TIME This Here • Moanin’ • Lush Life • The Party’s Over • Prelude To
A Kiss • Dat Dere • My Funny Valentine • Come Rain Or Come Shine • Joy Ride • Soul Time • So Tired • The Touch Of Your Lips • S’ Posin’ •
Stella B. • You Don’t Know What Love Is • One Mo’ (Collective Personnel: Sam Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Bobby Timmons, Sam Jones, Art Blakey, Blue
Mitchell) [1960] Bobby Timmons’ first two albums as a leader, ‘This Here Is Bobby Timmons’ (Riverside RLP1164), and ‘Soul Time’ (Riverside
RLP9334), both appearing here in their entirety. The LP first presents Timmons in a trio format with Sam
Jones on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums, while the second consists of a quartet set with Blue Mitchell on
trumpet, Sam Jones again on bass, and Art Blakey on drums. Among the many highlights are trio versions of
two of the leader’s own compositions: ‘Moanin’’, ‘This Here’, and ‘Dat Dere’, as well as amazing readings
of standard tunes like ‘Lush Life’ (on unaccompanied piano), ‘You Don’t Know What Love Is’ and ‘My Funny
Valentine’. Includes 16-page booklet. [Item Code: 66304 CD: $17.00]
66714 JACK McDUFF BROTHER JACK + TOUGH ‘DUFF Brother Jack • Mr. Wonderful • Noon Train •
Drowsy • Organ Grinder’s Swing • Mack ‘N’ Duff • Light Blues • You’re Driving Me Crazy • Smooth Sailing
• Mean To Me • Tippin’ In • Yeah, Baby • Autumn Leaves • Tough ‘Duff (Collective Personnel: Bill Jennings,
Wendell Marshall, Alvin Johnson, Lem Winchester, Jimmy Forrest, Bill Elliot) [1960] Jack McDuff’s
two initial albums as a leader in their entirety, Brother Jack (Prestige PRLP7174) and Tough ‘Duff (Prestige
PRLP7185). The first LP showcases McDuff as the main soloist in a quartet with guitarist Bill Jennings, plus
bass and drums, while the second album features him sharing the frontline with tenor saxophonist Jimmy
Forrest and vibraphonist Lem Winchester. [Item Code: 66510 CD: $16.00]
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