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Oscar Pettiford – Nonet/Big Band/Sextet – 1955-1958 – New York City – Uptown Records

by Audiophile Audition | Aug 28, 2017 | Jazz CD Reviews

Oscar Pettiford – Nonet/Big Band/Sextet – 1955-1958 – New York City – Uptown Records UPCD27 86/27.87 – 2CD  78:40/79:32 – ***1/2 Of historical significance – Oscar Pettiford – 1955-1958 Live Broadcasts in NYC … (Oscar Pettiford – bass, cello; Donald Byrd, Johnny Coles, Ray Copeland, Art Farmer, Joe Wilder – trumpets; Eddie Bert, Jimmy Cleveland – trombones; David Amram, Jim Buffington, Ed London – french horns; Gigi Gryce, Gene Quill – alto sax; J.R. Monterose – tenor sax; Jerome Richardson – tenor sax, flute; Danny Bank, David Kurtzer – baritone sax; Sahib Shihab – alto sax, baritone sax, flute; Hank Jones, Dick Katz, Hod O’Brien – piano; Betty Glamann – harp; Carl Pruitt – bass; Osie Johnson, Earl “Buster” Smith, Shadow Wilson – drums. Arrangements by Benny Golson, Gigi Gryce, Oscar Pettiford, Lucky Thompson, Ernie Wilkins) Through their Flashback Series, Uptown Records is providing a tuition free education chronicling the history of jazz. Many of the releases from this series use radio broadcasts from the East Coast. The sound quality of these broadcasts has not matched the European radio archives that have seen the light in the last ten years highlighting American jazz artists on tours of the continent. That […]