Na altura desta gravação (1961), o saxofonista Jimmy Forrest nascido em St. Louis era um veterano das bandas de Fate Marable, Jay McShann, Andy Kirk, e Duke Ellington, mais tarde ainda viria a tocar com Count Basie. Aqui lidera um quarteto de colegas do conjunto de "Sweets" Edison, incluindo o jovem pianista Austríaco Joe Zawinul (piano), Tommy Potter (contrabaixo) e Clarence Johnston (bateria).

• Edição Limitada
• Analogue Productions Prestige Stereo Series
• Vinil Audiófilo 180 Gramas
• Masterizado por Kevin Gray na Cohearent Audio
• Corte a partir das Master Tapes Analógicas Originais
• Acetatos preparados para prensagem por Gary Salstrom
• Prensagem na Quality Record Pressings QRP USA
• Capa Deluxe "tip-on" com acabamento de alto brilho

Part of the ultimate audiophile Prestige stereo reissues from Analogue Productions — 25 of the most collectible, rarest, most audiophile-sounding Rudy Van Gelder recordings ever made. All mastered from the original analog master tapes by mastering maestro Kevin Gray. 180-gram LPs pressed at state-of -the-art plant Quality Record Pressings and plated by Gary Salstrom. Deep groove label pressings, tip-on jackets on thick cardboard stock.

From the time Coleman Hawkins firmly established the tenor saxophone on the jazz map, it has been one of the most potent forces in the music, its best practitioners able to raise the roof with a jumping blues, soothe the savage beast with a tender love ballad, and do just about anything in between. At the time of this recording (1961), Jimmy Forrest, the St. Louis-born reedman, was a veteran of the Fate Marable, Jay McShann, Andy Kirk, and Duke Ellington bands. Later in his career he starred with Count Basie. Here he leads a quartet of teammates from the combo of "Sweets" Edison, including the young Austrian pianist Joe Zawinul, through a gamut of the aforementioned moods from "Crash Program" to the caressing "That's All," with a few tips of the cap to Ben Webster along the way. With Joe Zawinul, Tommy Potter and Clarence Johnston on a straight ahead 8-song set that includes two of his own originals in "Bolo Blues" and "Crash Program" and is rounded out gracefully by a handful of melodic standards.

Músicos:

Jimmy Forrest (saxofone)
Joe Zawinul (piano)
Clarence Johnston (bateria)
Tommy Potter (contrabaixo)

Lista de Faixas:

Lado A
1. Bolo Blues
2. I Cried For You
3. I've Got a Right To Cry
4. This Can't Be Love

Lado B
5. By the River Sainte Marie
6. Yesterdays
7. Crash Program
8. That's All

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