St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-05-09
THE WEEK IN
RECORDS
BY ALBERT ANDERSON

albums are spotighted in this
weeks review. Two are blowing
tracks featuring saxophonists
Charlie Barnett and Eddie (Lock-
jaw Davis, and the third centers
on ace drummer Art Blakey.
Starting with the Barnett wax
ing, here are the details:
Charlie Barnet: - Ava LIP
(10). Barnet leads septet includ-
ing Gil Falco, trombone; Bob Jung,
baritone saxophone; Ernie Free
man, piano, organ; Larry Bunker,
vibraharp; Max Bennett, bass;
Jack Sperling, drums. Tunes:
Murder at Peyton Hail.; TAP
pa; Cherokee Raid; THE Great
Gong of Hong Kong; EAST Side
West Side; '"The Jazz Skylin-
err; "Coachella Blue; "Leapin' at
the Lincoln; Mood Indigo;
Times Awastin'."
Barnet is one of the few musci-
ans from the old swing-jaz school
who still command respect from
today's modern jazz followers
Like Johnny Hodges, he is able to
exploit to the fullest his own spec
ialty - lyrical melody His
fine tonal quality on alto and sop
rano was never better than on
these tracks, although his playing
is boosted by fine background sup
port from Bunker (on Indigo) and
Falco (LeapinO The tunes
themselves are well fitted for Bar
nett's style Cherokee Raid,"
an extension of Charles plain
Cherokee" Jazz Skyliner"
and "Leapin' are swingers;
Murder " and %. Hong
Kong" and interpretive numbers;
"Coachella :" is Latin tinged,
and the other tunes are what their
titles imply The top charter,
of course, is the immortal Filing
ton tune, Mood Indigo" E.
Throughout the session, Barnet
sets both the mood and the tempo
with his fine solos, but the orches-
tration and cohesiveness of the
septet as a whole are also big
features Barnet and the Ava
disc firm can't miss with this one.
Coin To The Meeting: -
Prestige LIP (7242) featuring the
Eddie (Lockjaw) Davis quintet.
Personnel: Davis, tenor saxophone;
Horace Parlan, piano; Buddy Cat
lett, bass; Art Taylor, drums; Will
lie Bobo, conga. Tunes: Coin to
Meetin' y; People Will Say We're
In Love-; Might and Day; pass
the Hat; Eyes, Yes; please
Send Me Someone to Love-; "Our
Love Is Here to Stay; "Oh
Babee"; Little Cougar"
Some jazz critics have knocked
this disc, seemingly without good
cause They just didn't dig
the gig Davis has always been
a down-to-earth musician, and
what may seem trite about his
playing to some persons, is very
interesting to those fans who I'M
derstand his type of soul offerings
AS this disc shows, Davis Is
not the probing, constantly inven-
tive type of musician as Theloni-
GUS Monk, for example =. He Is a
free blower who says just what he
feels spuriously Listen to his
loose blowing on Meet1n
and his almost barrelhouse treat
ment Of "Oh, Babee" and you'll
get the message But he can
be melodic too, as evidenced his
people viii Say :" and "Our
Love :" The other tunes are
complimentary Sharing the
starring role is Parlan, who comes
through with some artful and bea-
utiful piano playing The top
tune is the title tune This
recording doesn't rank with Davis
best, but it's a good entry.
Caravan: Riverside LIP
(4SS) featuring the Art Blakey
sextet. Personnel: Blakey, drums;
Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Curtis
Fuller, trombone; Wayne Shorter,
tenor saxophone; Cedar Walton,
piano; Reggie Workman, bass.
Tunes: Caravan; Sweet n
Sour; In the Small Hours Of
the Morning.; This Is For AL
bert; "skylark" "Thermo."
This is a torrid jazz session.
heated up by the wailing Blakey
ON the skins Art sets the pace
throughout, but is ably assisted by
his talented sidemen, particularly
the enterprising Hubbard, one OF
the finest young trumpetists on