Illinois Jacquet Birthday Party (jazz)(mp3@320)[rogercc][h33t]

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Illinois Jacquet Birthday Party
Released: June 22, 1999
Recorded: 1975 in Japan
Label: Groove Note
Format:Flac

Recorded to celebrate Jacquets 50th birthday, this date is an all-star collaboration with some of the greatest names in jazz: Kenny Burrell, James Moody, Joe Newman, Art Farmer, Jimmy Smith (on piano,) Gerry Mulligan, Jack Six, and Roy Haynes. It comes off loose and free, as if no charts were thrown at the musicians and they simply went at these three standards (two being movie-theme ballads), along with two of Jacquets numbers, completely off the cuff. Moody leads on flute for the sultry bossa Ebb Tide, with Farmer playing flugelhorn and Jacquet only getting his feet wet later in the bridge; all three counter jab near the end. The Shadow of Your Smile is more typical, with Burrell leading, Jacquets mushy, blues-drenched tenor playing the melody, and Moodys flute filling whatever cracks crop up. The low-down Birthday Party Blues ballad is set up by Burrell and Six; Mulligan and Newman traipse through the midsection of this ten-minute jam, while Illinois woodwind howls and the others chime in a bit. Polka Dots Moonbeams is all Jacquets, and he takes the baton, although Six goes it alone twice, and Burrell takes the rhythm section on solos. The cover of On the Beach is a hard, rip-roaring swinger, with the birthday boy leading and others to follow. Moodys smoother tenor provides a fine contrast to Jacquets signature Texas edge; Newmans great muted trumpet with the rhythm trio is only further evidence that he should not continue being an uncrowned king. As short as it is (36 minutes), its a shame there isnt more material -- too bad, for this was an incredible band.

Tracklist:

1. Ebb Tide - 4:06
2. Birthday Party Blues - 10:37
3. The Shadow of Your Smile - 5:24
4. On the Beach - 12:59
5. Polka Dots and Moonbeams - 5:48

Personnel:

Illinois Jacquet - tenor saxophone
Joe Newman - trumpet
Art Farmer - flugelhorn
Jimmie Smith - piano
Kenny Burrell - guitar
Jack Six - bass
Roy Haynes - drums
Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone
James Moody - tenor saxophone, flute

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