Ronnie Mathews -- The Thang

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[isdntekvideo] (Visually Graded) Vinyl looks EX and sleeve looks VG+. See pics and info for details.

Ronnie Mathews, Freddie Hubbard – Doin' The Thang!

Label:    Prestige – PR 7303
Format:    12", Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country:    US
Released:    1964
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Hard Bop

Notes

A1        The Thang
A2        Ihci Ban
A3        The Orient
B1        Let's Get Down
B2        Prelude To A Kiss
B3        1239-A

    Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

    Baritone Saxophone – Charles Davis
    Bass – Eddie Kahn*
    Design, Photography By – Don Schlitten
    Drums – Albert Heath
    Liner Notes [Jan. 1964] – Robert Levin
    Piano – Ronnie Mathews
    Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
    Supervised By – Ozzie Cadena
    Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard

Recorded At Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ; December 17, 1963.

- bio - Ronald Mathews (December 2, 1935, in New York City – June 28, 2008, in Brooklyn) was an American jazz pianist who worked with Max Roach from 1963 to 1968 and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. He acted as lead in recording from 1963 and 1978–79. His most recent work was in 2008, as both a mentor and musician with Generations, a group of jazz musicians headed by veteran drummer Jimmy Cobb. He contributed two new compositions for the album that was released by San Francisco State University's International Center for the Arts on September 15, 2008.

Critics have compared him to pianists Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, and McCoy Tyner.

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