Sold Date: November 4, 2022
Start Date: October 25, 2022
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GRACHAN MOCUR III

EVOLUTION

 LEE MORGAN, trumpet; GRACHAN MONCUR III, trombone; JACKIE McLEAN, alto sax; BOBBY HUTCHERSON, vibes; BOB CRENSHAW, bass; ANTHONY WILLIAMS, drums.

 Original 1964 BLUE NOTE 1st STEREO pressing, cat. BST 84153, US.

 Fantastic NM collectors shape, including the original Blue Note inner sleeve. Not to be missed!

 Original pressing with RUDY VAN GELDER stampers and "Ear" in etched in the dead wax. Blue Note - Blue and White labels with first NY address on rear sleeve (43 Werst 61st St., New York 23) and “BLUE NOTE RECORDS INC - NEW YORK USA” written on labels.

A Blue Note album essential and the debut LP by the first avant-garde jazz trombonist trombonist Grachan Moncur III, son of the Jazz bassist Grachan Moncur. He recorded two dazzling classics for Blue Note during 1963-64: “Some Other Stuff” and “Evolution”. In the 1950s J.J. Johnson's boppish trombone style was dominant, resulting in scores of young trombonists sounding quite a bit like Johnson. Moncur, who picked up experience with Ray Charles and the Jazztet, was a very different case. While very familiar with Johnson, Moncur expanded the emotional range of the trombone, and led to its acceptance in free jazz. By 1963, Moncur was fully formed and sounding unique on Jackie McLean's famous One Step Beyond album. Nearly the same group (with McLean, Bobby Hutcherson and a teenaged Tony Williams) is on Evolution plus the great trumpeter Lee Morgan. The four Moncur pieces are dramatic, lengthy, episodic and full of surprises. The titles ("Air Raid," "Evolution," "The Coaster" and especially "Monk In Wonderland") give listeners hints as to the wild, innovative and unpredictable nature of this dynamic music which is unlike anything heard anywhere else. The wit and colors, along with the brilliant playing, make Evolution a very memorable set even during the extremely fertile period of the mid-1960s.