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Recording Data

Recorded at – New York, October, 1954

Credits

Bass – OSCAR PETTIFORD
Clarinet – JIMMY HAMILTON
Drums – OSSIE JOHNSON
Guitar – SIDNEY GROSS
Piano – BILLY TAYLOR
Tenor Saxophone – LUCKY THOMPSON

THOMPSON HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS ENIGMATIC,ELUSIVE AND UNDERRATED BUT THERE
IS  NO  DISPUTING  HIS  BRILLIANCE, ORIGINALITY  AND  IMPORTANCE IN THE EVOLUTION OF
MODERN  JAZZ.    DURING  HIS  THREE  DECADES  ON  THE  INTERNATIONAL  JAZZ  SCENE,   HE
WORKED  AND  RECORDED  WITH  JUST  ABOUT  EVERY  GIANT :  LOUIS  ARMSTRONG,  COUNT
BASIE, DIZZY GILLESPIE,  STAN KENTON,  CHARLIE PARKER,  MILES DAVIS,  CHARLES MINGUS
AND  THELONIOUS MONK  TO  NAME  JUST  A  FEW   ––––    HE  TRANSCENDED  STYLISTIC  AND
GEOGRAPHICAL BARRIERS  PLAYING  IN  A  WIDE  VARIETY  OF SETTINGS  ON  THE  EAST AND
WEST COASTS OF THE U.S. AND FOR EXTENDED PERIODS IN EUROPE. IRONICALLY,THOMPSON
APPEARS ON SOME OF THE SEMINAL  RECORDINGS OF BEBOP AND ITS SUCCESOR, HARD  BOP
YET WAS  NOT  REALLY  A “MODERNIST” IN THE  SENSE THAT  WORD  WAS  USED IN THE 1940s
 AND 1950s.  ESCHEWING THE DIRECT INFLUENCES OF  CHARLIE PARKER AND LESTER YOUNG
 WHO HAD PROVIDED THE STYLISTIC FRAMEWORK FOR MOST HAWKINS, BEN WEBSTER  AND
  DON BYAS FOR HIS INSPIRATION. HIS SOLOS ON TENOR SAXOPHONE ARE COMPOSITIONALLY
 ASSEMBLED AND EMOTIONALLY EVOCATIVE. WHEN  HE  ENTERS, ONE  IS  SEDUCED  BY  THE
 SHEER ELEGANCE  AND  POWER OF HIS STATEMENTS INTO LISTENING ATTENTIVELY. IN THE
 LATE  1950S,  HE ADDED THE SOPRANO SAXOPHONE WHICH INSTRUMENT HE PERSONALIZED
  IN A MANNER QUITE  DIFFERENT  FROM  THAT EMPLOYED  CONTEMPORANEOUSLY  BY  THE 
  MUCH HIGHER PROFILE JOHN COLTRANE. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS ORIGINAL DEEP 
GROOVE  MONO PRESSING ISSUED IN 1956 WITH NICE LAMINATED COVER FREE OF WRITING
  OF  WRITING  AND  SHARP  SEAMS, SLIGHT WEAR  TO  LOWER RIGHT  CORNER  -  THE VINYL  
 VINYL  RECORD HAS A FEW  SHORT ABRASIONS ON SIDE ONE BUT THESE  ARE  SUPERFICIAL
  AND DO NOT AFFECT AT ALL THE LISTENING PLEASURE   ...   PLAYS FLAWLESS WITH SLIGHT 
 AMOUNT  OF BACKGROUND NOISE AT BEGINNING OF SIDE TWO : MATRIX  NUMBERS  IN THE
  RUNOUT : U 1206 A / U 1206 B.