Bill Perkins / Richi - Just Friends + 4 Bonus Tracks [New CD]

• 2 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 1 CD• INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS• 12-PAGE BOOKLETThis CD presents Bill Perkins’ first two studio albums as a leader, accompanied by his quintet with Richie Kamuca. Perkins’ only previous album as a leader contained the material from two live nconcerts at Hollywood’s Music Box Theater in 1956.This edition begins with one of the two aforementioned studio albums, consisting of five songs recorded on October 29, 1956, with Kamuca and the original Hampton Hawes trio. The CD continues with the eight tracks from Perkins’ other studio album, recorded in July of that same year. In closing, we added some of the tracks from the December 11 session -with Art Pepper replacing Kamuca- as bonus tracks.PERSONNEL:ON TRACKS [1-5]: JUST FRIENDS (Pacific Jazz PJM-401)BILL PERKINS, tenor sax, bass clarinet, fluteRICHIE KAMUCA, tenor saxHAMPTON HAWES, pianoRED MITCHELL, bassMEL LEWIS, bassLos Angeles, October 29, 1956ON TRACKS [6-13]: TENORS HEAD-ON (Liberty LRP-3051)BILL PERKINS, RICHIE KAMUCA, tenor saxPETE JOLLY, pianoRED MITCHELL, bassSTAN LEVEY, drumsLos Angeles, July 1956ON TRACKS [14-17]:ART PEPPER, ato sax, arrangerBILL PERKINS, tenor saxJIMMY ROWLES, pianoBEN TUCKER, bassMEL LEWIS, drumsLos Angeles, December 11, 1956TRACKS:01. Just Friends02. All of Me03. Limehouse Blues04. Solid De Sylva05. Sweet and Lovely06. Cotton Tail07. I Want a Little Girl08. Blues for Two09. Indian Summer10. Don’t Be that Way11. Oh! Look at Me Now12. Spain13. Pick a Dilly14. Diane-a-Flow (*)15. Zenobia (*)16. A Foggy Day (*)17. Angel Eyes (*)TOTAL TIME: 79:28 Min