DownBeat July 1991 [antikvár]

A spectacular Basie find! The cream of Kenton! Larry Youngis organ revolution! Presenfmg three new Mosaic limited edition sets. Available on CD and LP at the same price. Stan Kenton wo^ed a one-mon war ogainst dimensional music. Here's evidence that he v n csMfun Rsuum LM HcooMe acMMi NU ue NS eaoBtu i (imma Twenty veors after Count Basie was in his prime ne entered his seconif prime) Just when everyone had accepted the idea that Coiuil Basie's 1938 bami \voiil»l never he eijualled. Basie set the jazz world on its ear in 1958 with his first RonJelte aU)un!. "The Atomic Mr. Basie." Out in front. Basie had asseniltled such exciting soloists as Joe Newnian. Thad Jones. Frank Wess, Billy MitclieU. Frank Foster. Al Grey and Henr)' Coker. .\t the core was a humming rhjthni section led by Freilrlie Grpi'n. Soimy Payno, and Coiuit liiinself. But what really gave the new Basie hand it.s signature was a new generation of cnsp, swinging charts supplieil hy a virtual who's-wh(» of modern jazz arranging, including Quincy .lones. Krnie Wilkins. Frank Foster, Thad Jones, B<>nny Carter anrl Neal Hefti. On three oi-casions during this era. the Basie ()rch«'stra was n-conled live by producer Tet of fusing jazz wilh classical ami popular music came inlo faslii(Hi. Stan Kenlon slood alone. His diverse nuisical exp«'rimenls of the lale ¦40s. \50s ami early '60s w t're iiimjuc an«! ahead of their time. Wilh th«' world of e.\periniental. big-hand jazz practically all to himself. Kenlon was able to attract some of th«' day's great musicians int«) Iiis creative world, mcluding Bu«l Shank. Lei' Könitz. Charlie Mariano. Conte CamloU. Frank Rosolino. Mel Lewis. Slan Levey, and most significantly, wiiler/arrangers Bill Russo and Bill Holman. These two men were responsible for some of Kenton's most swinging ami a«lventure-some r«'C«)roul" that producer .Alfred Lion h«'ar(l in Larry Young not just a Jimmy Smith «•Icme. hut a thorouglily modem Coltrane-influenced voice on tlie organ. Fire, swing, chops, originality Larr)' Young had it all and two months later, he was recortUng his first ali>iun as a Blue IV«>te artist. In Noveml>er, 1965, Larry Young's post-Smith style exploded on "Unity", featuring Joe Henders«ni on tenor. Wood)' Shaw on trumpet and Ehin Jones on drums. That al})um. plus a string of Blue Note follow-ups. would clinch Young's place in jazz histor>' as the most influential jazz organist of his generation, and the next. Mosaic's 9-LP. 6-CD set includes Larr> Young's total Blue Note output as a leader, and as a sideman with Grant Green. All Mosaic sets are limited editions, Once sold we will never make them available again. Our sources ore the original master topes or discs. All records ore pressed on 100% virgin vinyl ond enclosed in speciolly imported Joponese lice poper sleeves. CDs ore prcHjuced from newly cieoled digitol mosters. Eocn ol our new releases omes packaged in al sturdy box ond contains o lavish booklet wilh comprehensive essays, newly reseorched discogrophies and biogiophies, plus rare photogiophs. The identical deluxe box ond booklet is included wilh both our LP and CD sets. These definitive collections are available by mail order only Irom Mosaic Records.