Benny Golson - Benny Golson's New York Scene (1957).
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"Benny Golson's New York Scene" is the debut album by saxophonist Benny Golson featuring performances recorded in late 1957 and originally released on the Contemporary label. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ This album contains some timelessly beautiful music from the greatly inspired players in Benny Golson's tightly knit quintet. Golson's classic "WHISPER NOT" is an immortal melody that has been presented by many groups. The reason for so many playings by others is that ever so many people immediately "clicked" and understood the beautiful complexities of the original melody. On this, the original presentation of "Whisper Not", the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet ( with Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Charlie Persip ) was augmented by four addtional horns (Julius Watkins' French Horn, James Cleveland's trombone, Sahib Shihab's baritone saxophone and Gigi Gryce's also saxophone. Benny's arrangement shows how clearly he new that the great melody would be even more facinating with seven horns, and he was right ! .... "Whisper Not" is a deep treasure. The whole album is filled with Golson's masterful touches that provided so much to American jazz... Golson's later film scores all stand on the bedrock work that he did on this album,, which made many a " hot request list " on the radio stations. This album is just like any piece of pure beauty - your soul will bell to it from the very first few notes, because while the experience of beauty cannot be described with words, we all know what the "beauty factor" is. Hearing this album takes one to that timeless place of beauty...(By Daniel J. McGarigle; August 9, 2001; Amazon) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Tracklist: 01. Something in B flat (Ray Bryant)...(00:00) 02. Whisper Not (Benny Golson)...(06:05) 03. Step Lightly (Benny Golson)...(12:07) 04. Just by Myself (Benny Golson)...(19:03) 05. Blues It (Benny Golson)...(23:16) 06. You're Mine You (J.Green/E.Heyman)...(30:09) 07. Capri (Gigi Gryce)...(34:32). __________________________________________ Personnel: 1.Benny Golson - tenor saxophone 2.Art Farmer - trumpet 3.Jimmy Cleveland - trombone (tr. 2, 4 & 7) 4.Julius Watkins - French horn (tr. 2, 4 & 7) 5.Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone (tr. 2, 4 & 7) 6.Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone (tr.2, 4 & 7) 7.Wynton Kelly - piano 8.Paul Chambers - bass 9.Charlie Persip - drums. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Genre: Jazz/Hard Bop Recorded: New York City; October 14 & 17, 1957. Label: Contemporary Records – 68618 Released:1984 (France) Supervised By – Nat Hentoff Design [Cover] – Robert Guidi Photography By – Burt Goldblatt.