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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Freeman (Capitol LP). Tenor Saxman Freeman was a 1936-38 feature of the great Tommy Dorsey band. His way with such tunes as Three Little Words, I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan, etc. is fresh, insolent, rugged, mellow-depending on the subtle humors of music and musician...
...Elliott Doubles in Brass (Vanguard LP). Versatile Jazzman Elliott plays trumpet (sometimes choked with sorrow, sometimes sighing in contentment), the mellophone (an extravert relative of the French horn) and the chilly chimes of the vibraphone. Co-starring on this "Showcase" album: Pianist Ellis Larkins, who has a sophisticated beat all his own and a sweet, gentle way of dandling a tune...
Coleman Hawkins & His All-Stars (Concert Hall LP). Tenorman Hawkins is one of the alltime master hot improvisers, a willy-nilly progenitor of the bellowing excesses that mark today's rock-'n-roll craze (TIME, April 4). This record shows that Hawkins' swooping insinuations, his ever-building arabesques, his brash, driving rhythms have withered little with the years...
...Natural Seven (Victor LP). A pickup septet, led by Tenorman Al Cohn, plays jazz â la Count Basic in his Kansas City heyday. The music bounces on foam rubber rather than crepe shoes, is muffled rather than raucous, but includes some delightfully piquant ensemble riffs under the trumpet of Joe Newman...
Lennie Niehaus, Vol. Ill (Contemporary LP). A distinctive-sounding octet, identifiable by its deep-pile texture, its gentle but unmistakable swing, the oddball humor of its sudden pauses and the curious mutter of its counterpoint...