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AVID Jazz presents four classic Hal McKusick albums, including original liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. East Coast Jazz; Featuring Art Farmer; In A Twentieth Century Drawing Room and Triple Exposure This is clear, forward thinking, emotional jazz, played by a quartet of unusual emotional empathy, and technical ability. So writes Creed Taylor in his original liner notes to East Coast Jazz. McKusick is joined by Osie Johnson on bass, Milt Hinton on drums and Hals brainchild Barry Galbraith on guitar acting as a brass or reed section. This was a most enjoyable and enlightening recording session. I sincerely hope that this will bring easy listening to you. So concludes Hal himself at the end of his contribution to the liner notes. We think easy listening is rather a misnomer here, highly enjoyable and challenging listening is how we would prefer to call it! For Featuring Art Farmer Hal is joined by legendary trumpeter Art Farmer together with Eddie Costa on piano, Milt Hinton on bass and Osie Johnson on drums. Heres a revealing quote from the original liner notes interplay
.It is the special attraction of the set; this swingingly relaxed conversational feel evident throughout that adds charm and a little extra freedom for expression. We are now in the Twentieth Century Drawing Room with the Hal McKusick Octet. New experiments in jazz where the twentieth century meets the drawing room more than half way. Interesting instrumentation where jazz in the form of saxophones, trumpets, guitars and clarinets meet classical in the form of a group of cellos. Triple Exposure features the Hal McKusik Quintet, Hal on alto, tenor and clarinet, Billy Byers on trombone, Eddie Costa on piano, Paul Chambers on bass and Charlie Persip on drums. All four albums have been digitally re-mastered.
CD1 1-10: East Coast Jazz 1. Taylor Made 2. You Dont Know What Love Is 3. They Cant Take That Away From Me 4. Lullaby For Leslie 5. Minor Matters 6. Blue-Who 7. By-Ian 8. Whats New 9. Interwoven 10. Give Em Hal 11-20: Featuring Art Farmer 11. Down and Dirty 12. Alone Together 13. Criss Cross 14. Gone With The Wind 15. When Your Lover Has Gone 16. Pon-Su 17. Makin Whoopee 18. Isnt It Romantic 19. For Arts Sake 20. Old Devil Moon
CD2 1-11: In A Twentieth Century Drawing Room 1. My Inspiration 2. Gift Of The Magi 3. Youre A Lucky Guy 4. Cant We Be Friends 5. Step Lively Osie 6. Minor Seventh Heaven 7. Theme 8. Alto Stratus 9. How Long Has This Been Going On 10. Brother Jack 11. Immortal 12-17: Triple Exposure 12. The Settlers And The Indians 13. Im Glad There Is You 14. Something New 15. A Touch Of Spring 16. Blues Half-Smiling 17. Saturday Night
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