Talk about P U R I T Y & p u r r - f e c t i o n in inner contemplation. An ode, let s say, to the ending of the war in Korea, 1 month apres, in Pamunjom. . . Or Spleen de Paris par Baudelaire ..in another way, the same context, though separate & diff. Paradoxically so, life, music or art is nevuhhh as detrimentally divine as with sessions such as this - rite now right here. And simultaneously everywhere. Maggee and Dorham are among the unsung semi-geniuses of bop balladry, quite overtaken, needlessly so, among all dem hotrodders ...
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1. Jarm 00:01
2. Goodbye 04:36
3. Futurity 08:46
4. Shabozz 12:51
5. Tranquillity 16:50
6. Ittapnna 21:00
Alto Saxophone, Flute - Gigi Gryce
Bass - Percy Heath
Drums - Walter Bolden
Guitar - Tal Farlow
Piano - Horace Silver
Trumpet - Howard McGhee
Recorded May 20, 1953.
Blue Note1953
VERY well ..
Good solos by McGhee and Farlow but the compositions leave much to desire.
Talk about P U R I T Y & p u r r - f e c t i o n in inner contemplation. An ode, let s say, to the ending of the war in Korea, 1 month apres, in Pamunjom. . . Or Spleen de Paris par Baudelaire ..in another way, the same context, though separate & diff. Paradoxically so, life, music or art is nevuhhh as detrimentally divine as with sessions such as this - rite now right here. And simultaneously everywhere.
Maggee and Dorham are among the unsung semi-geniuses of bop balladry, quite overtaken, needlessly so, among all dem hotrodders ...
McGhee is a giant but Dorham has technique problems and poor ideas.
@@Rickriquinho DORHAM s nuanced subtl3ty is astounding on Abbey Lincoln s 2 early Rvsdes. @ least to my impaired ear, ya heah . .