Cornetist Ruby Braff and tenor saxophonist Buddy Tate make for a very complementary team on this fine CD reissue which also includes pianist George Wein, bassist Jack Lesberg, and drummer Don Lamond. Several alternate takes and a previously unreleased "Lullaby of the Leaves" expand this fine session which has among its highlights are enjoyable versions of "Mean To Me," "My Monday Date," "Take The "A" Train," and "The Sheik of Araby." This is high-quality small-group swing by some of the best which was recorded at a time when the idiom was considered very much out of style by the modernists. ~ by Scott Yanow, AMG.
Black Lion Records, BLCD
760138, 1990
Recorded 28th October, 1967
at Chappell Studios, London, England
Musicians:
Ruby Braff - Cornet
Buddy Tate - Tenor Saxophone
George Wein - Piano
Jack Lesberg - Bass
Don Lamond - Drums
Tracks:
01. Mean To Me [Take 1] {Fred
E. Ahlert, Roy Turk} (6:33)
02. Body And Soul {Frank
Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour} (4:40)
03. I Surrender Dear {Harry
Barris, Gordon Clifford} (5:01)
04. My Monday Date {Earl
Hines} (6:13)
05. Take The "A"
Train [Take 2] {Billy Strayhorn} (3:49)
06. Don't Blame Me {Dorothy
Fields, Jimmy McHugh, David Raksin, F. Wess} (4:30)
07. Pan Am Blues {George
Wein} (3:20)
08. These Foolish Things
{Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey} (5:10)
09. The Sheik Of Araby [Take
2] {Harry Beasley Smith, Ted Snyder, Francis Wheeler} (5:33)
10. Lullaby Of The Leaves
{Bernice Petkere, Joe Young} (2:41)
11. Mean To Me [Take 2] {Fred
E. Ahlert, Roy Turk} (7:28)
12. Take The "A"
Train [Take 1] {Billy Strayhorn} (4:25)
13. Please Don't Talk About
Me When I'm Gone {Sidney Clare, Sam H. Stept} (4:12)
14. The Sheik Of Araby [Take
1] {Harry Beasley Smith, Ted Snyder, Francis Wheeler} (4:37)
Total Time: 68:19
Credits:
Producer - Alan Bates
Recording Engineer - John
Timperley
Supervisor - Jack Higgins,
Terry Brown
Design [Sleeve] - Malcolm
Walker
Photography [Back Sleeve] -
Fred Warren
Photography [Front Sleeve] -
David Redfern
Liner Notes - Alun Morgan
