Carson Smith - Legendary 1956 Session [New CD] Spain - Import

Carson Smith - Legendary 1956 Session [New CD] Spain - Import

INCLUDES 5 BONUS TRACKS

This release presents the he complete original album "Quartet: Russ Freeman and Chet Baker" (Pacific Jazz PJ-1232), which would mark the last collaboration ever between the pianist and trumpeter after a fruitful association that had begun in 1952 and produced dozens of recorded gems, including this final album.

As a bonus, a live performance by an earlier edition of the Chet Baker-Russ Freeman Quartet, recorded in Santa Cruz, California, in 1954, and also presented here in its entirety.

PERSONNEL:

CHET BAKER, trumpet
RUSS FREEMAN, piano
LEROY VINNEGAR, bass
SHELLY MANNE, drums

Los Angeles, November 6, 1956.

[9-13] BONUS TRACKS:
Same personnel except CARSON SMITH (b) and BOB NEEL (d), replace Vinnegar and Manne.
Live at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, California, July 21, 1954.

INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01 LOVE NEST
02 FAN TAN
03 SUMMER SKETCH
04 AN AFTERNOON AT HOME
05 SAY WHEN
06 LUSH LIFE
07 AMBLIN’
08 HUGO HURWHEY
09 BILLIE’S BOUNCE
10 STELLA BY STARLIGHT
11 LINE FOR LYONS
12 CARSON CITY STAGE
13 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE

Total Time: 74:02