Excellent Red Holloway/Clark Terry Collaboration.......on a straight-ahead sextet offering comprised of six jazz standards and three Holloway originals. Red has always been known as an excellent R&B player but the man also plays some fine jazz sax......an excellent alto as well as his tenor. Clark Terry, St. Louis jazz icon, also plays some extremely fine trumpet/flugelhorn, both muted and open, on this set. Both musicians seem to enjoy the interaction throughout and my personal favorites are "Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe" which is a relaxed showcase feature for Red, "Come Sunday", which likewise, is almost a signature for Clark since he has performed it so often over the years. "Hitting The Road Again" is a catchy medium tempo blues which also has a great but short bass solo by Rufus Reid. The title tune features some humorous vocals by both Red and Clark plus some exceptional guitar work by Phil Upchurch. "'Round Midnight" is taken at a usual sedate pace with Clark's solo which contrasts nicely with the double time alto solo by Red. Clark's muted and open solos nicely complement Red's excellent alto work on "I Got It Bad....." which , indeed, evokes memories of the great Johnny Hodges. This is an excellent straight ahead jazz sextet displaying the talents of two master horn men with an equally great supporting rhythm section in a very enjoyable program......one that would be welcome in any jazz library. ~ Robert J. Ament, Amazon.com.
Concord Jazz, CCD-4390, 1989
Recorded June, 1989 at Sage
& Sound Recording, Hollywood, California
Musicians:
Red
Holloway - Alto & Tenor Saxophones
Clark Terry - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Gerald Wiggins - Piano
Phil Upchurch - Guitar
Richard Reid - Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass
Paul Humphrey - Drums
Tracks:
1.
Red Top {Lionel Hampton, Ben Kynard} (4:32)
2. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe {Harold Arlen}
(4:48)
3. Hitting The Road Again {Red Holloway} (7:23)
4. Come Sunday {Duke Ellington} (4:30)
5. Locksmith Blues {Red Holloway} (5:44)
6. 'Round Midnight {Thelonious Monk} (4:35)
7. The Junk Man {Red Holloway} (5:18)
8. I Got It Bad [And That Ain't Good] {Duke Ellington,
Ben Webster} (9:39)
9. Cotton Tail {Duke Ellington} (5:10)
Total Time: 51:42
Credits:
Producer
- Carl E. Jefferson
Assistant Producer - Nick Phillips
Recording Engineer - Jim Mooney
Assistant Recording Engineer - Jerry Wood
Remixing Engineer - Phil Edwards
Mastering Engineer - George Horn
Art Direction - Paul Francis
Cover Photography - David Fischer
Liner Notes - Miles Jordan, JazzTimes
Locksmith Blues
