BOOKER LITTLE - QUARTET - QUINTET - SEXTET [2CD]

EJC Master Sessions

£12.58

Format: 2 x CD
Catalogue No.: 2606
Barcode: 8435723701187
Release Date: 15 Mar 2024
Genre: Jazz

All four complete original LPs recorded by the phenomenal trumpeter Booker Little as a leader (he died tragically at the age of 23 on October 5, 1961). The albums consist of: Booker Little Four and Max Roach (United Artists UAS5034), Booker Little (Time S2011), Out Front (Candid CJS9027), and Booker Little and Friend (Bethlehem BCP6061). The trumpeter is backed by such important figures as Eric Dolphy, George Coleman, Julian Priester, Tommy Flanagan, Wynton Kelly, Scott LaFaro, and Max Roach, among others. 2-CD SET - 4 COMPLETE ALBUMS - 26 TRACKS - CD1/TT: 76:34 // CD2/TT: 77:20 - INCLUDES 24-PAGE BOOKLET

CD 1:
1 MILESTONES
2 SWEET AND LOVELY
3 ROUNDER’S MOOD
4 DUNGEON WALTZ
5 JEWEL’S TEMPO
6 MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU
7 WE SPEAK
8 STRENGTH AND SANITY
9 QUIET PLEASE
10MOODS IN FREE TIME
11MAN OF WORDS
12 HAZY BLUES
13 A NEW DAY

CD 2:
1 OPENING STATEMENT
2 MINOR SWEET
3 BEE TEE’S MINOR PLEA
4 LIFE’S A LITTLE BLUE
5 THE GRAND VALSE
6 WHO CAN I TURN TO?
7 VICTORY AND SORROW
8 FORWARD FLIGHT
9 LOOKING AHEAD
10 IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU
11 CALLING SOFTLY
12 BOOKER’S BLUES
13 MATILDE

BOOKER LITTLE, trumpet on all tracks, plus:
COLLECTIVE PERSONNEL:
Eric Dolphy (as, bass cl, fl), George Coleman (ts), Julian Priester (tb),
Tommy Flanagan, Wynton Kelly, Don Friedman (p), Scott LaFaro, Art Davis,
Ron Carter, Reggie Workman (b), Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Pete La Roca (d).
CD1: 1-6: Booker Little 4 & Max Roach. 7-13: Out Front
CD2: 1-6: Booker Little (Time label). 7-13: Booker Little and Friend
Recorded in New York, 1958-1961.