A Great Jazz Disc!...
Sébastien Melmoth | Hôtel d'Alsace, PARIS | 07/13/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
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Yeah, this is the real deal. Buddy DeFranco's technique and tone are marvelous; O.P. swings like mad; Herb Ellis and Ray Brown are solid; the standards are great; sound is fine.
The bonus track "Lullaby in Rhythm" was recorded the following night (29 Oct. 54), and is different in ethos and texture due to the inclusion of Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie: the horns add a razor-sharpness which is opposed to the cool clarinet-softness of the other tracks: this is HOT jazz.
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LP transfer
John Titsworth | New Orleans, Louisiana | 10/21/2006
(1 out of 5 stars)
"The CD label, Definitive, has the right idea by issuing this long out-of-print engaging 1954 session. The packaging is top drawer with a well documented insert (a reproduction of the original LP liner notes) and back tray. Nevertheless, for those who are prone to purchasing this CD----it really is all about the music. This CD is a transfer from an LP and not from the original session master tape. Pops, dings, and even surface noise, though faint, are discernible intermittantly throughout; Louie Bellson's cymbals are barely present. A skip or 2 are detectable. Curious why an LP in better condition could not have been used for this transfer. The bonus track? "Lullably in Rhythm" is presumably ripped from the recently issued Norman Granz Jam Session box set. The sound quality is quite improved; Louie Bellson's cymbals are easy to pick up. Though a "bonus" track to the CD, but not really "new" music, which is what a bonus track typically implies."
Track Listings (6) - Disc #1