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Analogue Productions - APRJ 7068 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl - AAA 100% Analogue
Mastered By Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio - Pressed at QRP
Limited Edition - Mono - Prestige LP7068
Cut from the analogue masters by renowned mastering engineer Kevin Gray
The perennially underrated Bill Hardman (1932-90) was one of the unsung trumpet heroes of the modern era. His raw sound and tense, "running" attack were featured in three separate editions of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, the first and most memorable of which found him sharing the front line with Jackie McLean and Johnny Griffin. McLean, who was already an established Prestige artist, gave Hardman the spotlight on this 1956 blowing date, recorded with a blue-ribbon rhythm section after the pair left Charles Mingus’s workshop and before they joined Blakey.
In the case of this 1956 Prestige release, Jackie's Pal is none other than trumpeter Bill Hardman who McLean champions justifiably here after the pair left the Charles Mingus workshop and before they both joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. The excellent date finds the jazz greats in a quintet rounded out by Mal Walldron (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Philly Joe Jones (drums).
Here was Bill Hardman, who he introduced into a quintet with Mal Waldron (piano), Paul Chambers (bass) and Philly Joe Jones (drums). Hardman's hot breaking tone sounds a bit less forceful than on his (soon-to-be) later work with The Messengers, but it was already identifiable...Chambers has some exciting bowed spots, Mal Waldron was a bit bland and while Jones' drumming fills the role, it missed the push Art Taylor's drumming seemed to invite so often with McLean.
Cut from the analogue masters by renowned mastering engineer Kevin Gray. 200-gram pressing by Quality Record Pressings and plated by Gary Salstrom has a flat edge profile and deep groove label, true to the original LP. Housed in a deluxe high-gloss tip-on album jacket.
- Jackie McLean (alto saxophone)
- Mal Waldron (piano)
- Paul Chambers (bass)
- Philly Joe Jones (drums)
- Bill Hardman (trumpet)
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