1963
Impulse AS-41
My Vinyl Rip + Front & Back Covers
DR Value 13
DR Value 13
WAVE
Tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves casts the Egyptian queen's life in a jazz set of originals and Alex North movie themes. One of just two dates Gonsalves did for Impulse and part of an all-too-thin solo catalog, Cleopatra -- Feelin' Jazzy finds the famed Ellington soloist in the prime company of hard boppers like pianist Hank Jones, organist Dick Hyman, guitarist Kenny Burrell, bassist George Duvivier, and drummer Roy Haynes. The band shines throughout, with Hyman's organ adding exotic film theater ambience on the two North cuts that kick off the album. Switching over to more straightforward fare, Gonsalves and company stretch out on Burrell's "Bluz for Liz" (read Elizabeth Taylor, one of the leads in the movie) and Ellington's "Action in Alexandria." The album's conceptual framework is maintained on standouts like "Cleo's Asp," Burrell's second piece here, and the Manny Albam blues ballad "Cleopatra's Lament." Gonsalves impresses with both complexly swinging solos and breathy ballad statements. A very fine effort by one of the unsung giants of jazz....Stephen Cook All Music
The Tracks:
01 Caesar & Cleopatra / 02 Anthony & Cleopatra Theme / 03 Bluz For Liz / 04 Cleo's Blues / 05 Action In Alexanderia / 06 Cleo's Asp / 07 Cleopatra's Lament
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An excellent, neglected record! One of Gonsalves' best! Thank you for bringing it up!
ReplyDeleteEven with the "exotica" theme (this made me pass it over at first) and the oddity of Hyman on organ, this band is an all-star of highest classiness, fire to spare. Alex North was a great film composer. He was working for the likes of John Huston and Stanley Kubrick round then. Unrelated, but many of his unused cues for 2001: A Space Odyssey were recycled into his late score for Dragonslayer, very influenced by post-modernists like Messiaen and Maxwell-Davies. I don't recall if any of this showed up in his Cleopatra music, but it gives you an idea of his open ears and sophistication; anything but hokey material! Impulse probably still doesn't know what to do with it.
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ReplyDeleteMany thanks, Tom !
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ReplyDeleteOne of my favourite albums, many thanks!
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ReplyDeleteWoooaa! Great stuff, stellar crew and magnificent Paul offered in a splendid rip: thks Tom!
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