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The Modest Jazz Trio - Good Friday Blues (1960) [Japanese Edition 2011] (Re-up)

Posted By: gribovar
The Modest Jazz Trio - Good Friday Blues (1960) [Japanese Edition 2011] (Re-up)

The Modest Jazz Trio - Good Friday Blues (1960) [Japanese Edition 2011]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 194 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 90 MB | Covers - 32 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop, Cool Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: EMI Music Japan (TOCJ-50139)

Other than a set in 1957, this long-out-of-print LP was guitarist Jim Hall's debut as a leader. The 29-year-old Hall was not exactly an unknown name at the time, having played with the Original Chico Hamilton Quintet and the Jimmy Giuffre Three; he was still a year away from joining Sonny Rollins. Subtitled "The Modest Jazz Trio," the band on this date consists of Hall, bassist Red Kelly, and Red Mitchell quite effectively playing piano (he was usually a bassist). The combination works quite well, performing what was essentially straight-ahead jazz. Originally, the unit was only supposed to record the "Good Friday Blues" for a blues anthology album, but the music felt so strong that the trio cut a full album in one day, performing three standards, two Mitchell originals and Bill Harris' "Bill Not Phil."

Red Mitchell - Happy Minors (1955) [Japanese Edition 2013] (Re-up)

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Red Mitchell - Happy Minors (1955) [Japanese Edition 2013] (Re-up)

Red Mitchell - Happy Minors (1955) [Japanese Edition 2013]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 102 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 68 MB | Covers - 50 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Solid Records (CDSOL-6072)

A hell of a cooker from bassist Red Mitchell - a set that's got a sound that's way more mature and modern than you might guess from the image on the cover! Red's at the helm of a hip combo that also features sharp tenor from Zoot Sims and beautiful work on valve trombone from Bob Brookmeyer - working here at that cool compressed height of his 50s style we love so much. Conte Candoli's in the group on trumpet, giving things a surprising sort of bite - and rhythm is completed by Claude Williamson on piano and Stan Levey on drums - players who can be bold one minute, and carefully quiet the next.