Tag Archives: Tommy Flanagan

Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane – Why Was I Born ? (1958)

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Why Was I Born ? is the fourth track on the album Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane, recorded in Hackensack, NJ, March 7, 1958.

Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane is an album credited to jazz  musicians Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane. It was originally released on the New Jazz label as NJ 8276 in 1963, then reissued in 1967 on Prestige as PRLP 7532, with a different cover and retitled The Kenny Burrell Quintet With John Coltrane. [source]

Kenny Burrel – Guitar / John Coltrane – Tenor Saxophone / Tommy Flanagan – Piano /                 Paul Chambers – Bass / Jimmy Cob – Drums

 

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Art Pepper – Nature Boy (1979)

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Nature Boy is the second track on the album Straight Life by saxophonist Art Pepper. Recorded September 1979 at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA and released same year on Galaxy Records.

Brilliant music.

Art Pepper (September 1, 1925 – June 15, 1982), born Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr., was an American alto saxophonist and clarinetist.

About Pepper, Scott Yanow of All Music stated, “In the 1950s he was one of the few altoists (along with Lee Konitz and paul Desmond) that was able to develop his own sound despite the dominant influence of Charlie Parker ” and: “When Art Pepper died at the age of 56, he had attained his goal of becoming the world’s great altoist”. [source]

Tracks :
Surf Ride (Art Pepper) / Nature Boy (Eden Ahbez) / Straight Life” (Art Pepper) /
September Song (Anderson; Kurt Weill) / Make A List (Art Pepper)

 

Art Pepper – Alto Saxophone
Tommy Flanagan – Piano
Red Mitchell – Bass
Billy Higgins – Drums
Kenneth Nash – Cowbell, Reco-Reco (on “Make A List” only)