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Release Date: Aug 27, 2021
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Personnel: Lee Morgan (trumpet); Jackie McLean (alto saxophone); Hank Mobley (tenor saxophone); Cedar Walton (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Billy Higgins (drums).
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on September 29, 1966. Includes liner notes by Herb Wong.
Digitally remastered using 20-bit technology by Ron McMaster.
Yet another mid-'60s Blue Note album that makes a coherent artistic statement despite personnel that reads like an all-star blowing date. Jackie McLean (alto), Hank Mobley (tenor) and Cedar Walton (piano) were all bandleaders in their own right; bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Billy Higgins were as in demand as any sidemen of the day (for that matter, Morgan played on countless record dates as a sideman himself, including several of Mobley's sessions). Nevertheless, this sextet hangs together like a veteran unit, playing with wit, fire and enthusiasm throughout.
CHARISMA features four of the trumpeter's tunes, all solid, but the two standout cuts are Walton's ballad "Rainy Night" and "Sweet Honey Bee," composed by Blue Note pianist and sometime A&R man Duke Pearson. Morgan lays back and leans forward, stuttering and double-timing his way through the serpentine chord progression of Pearson's tightly-knit, bluesy little gem, while Higgins' creativity provides a shimmering, ever-shifting context for all three soloists. "Rainy Night" lets Morgan stretch out in more of a quartet setting, with Mobley and McLean providing ensemble work on the theme only.
Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on September 29, 1966. Includes liner notes by Herb Wong.
Digitally remastered using 20-bit technology by Ron McMaster.
Yet another mid-'60s Blue Note album that makes a coherent artistic statement despite personnel that reads like an all-star blowing date. Jackie McLean (alto), Hank Mobley (tenor) and Cedar Walton (piano) were all bandleaders in their own right; bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Billy Higgins were as in demand as any sidemen of the day (for that matter, Morgan played on countless record dates as a sideman himself, including several of Mobley's sessions). Nevertheless, this sextet hangs together like a veteran unit, playing with wit, fire and enthusiasm throughout.
CHARISMA features four of the trumpeter's tunes, all solid, but the two standout cuts are Walton's ballad "Rainy Night" and "Sweet Honey Bee," composed by Blue Note pianist and sometime A&R man Duke Pearson. Morgan lays back and leans forward, stuttering and double-timing his way through the serpentine chord progression of Pearson's tightly-knit, bluesy little gem, while Higgins' creativity provides a shimmering, ever-shifting context for all three soloists. "Rainy Night" lets Morgan stretch out in more of a quartet setting, with Mobley and McLean providing ensemble work on the theme only.