Bobby Timmons - Sweet And Soulful Sounds + Born To Be Blue (1962-63) {2012 Riverside Remaster, Jazzplus Series}

Bobby Timmons - Sweet And Soulful Sounds + Born To Be Blue (1962-63) {2012 Riverside Remaster, Jazzplus Series}

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© 2012 Riverside / Universal | 06007 5340499

Jazz / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Piano

Pure piano magic from Bobby Timmons – a pair of great albums from his years at Riverside Records! First up is Sweet & Soulful Sounds – a wonderful mellow trio session from Bobby – done with a spare, relaxed approach that's a nice contrast to the recordings he was making for Prestige around the same time – but which still has the same deep, soulful approach to the piano that makes those records so great! Half a dozen trio numbers with Sam Jones and Roy McCurdy are rounded out with two piano solos, "God Bless The Child" and "Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most" – both of which present Bobby in an especially introspective mode, one you don't hear that often on record! Remaining trio tunes include "The Sweetest Sounds", "Turn Left", "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To", "Another Live One", "Alone Together", and "Why Was I Born". Born To Be Blue is one of Bobby Timmons' most obscure trio sessions from the early years – recorded at the tail end of the Riverside years, which is probably why the album disappeared so quickly! The set's in a similar format to some of Bobby's other records for Riverside – a trio set with either Sam Jones or Ron Carter on bass, and Connie Kay on drums – but it's different in that Bobby's a bit more introspective – "blue", if you will – working in less of the gutbucket soul jazz mode than before, and really hitting some lyrical magic on the keys! The album includes the original tunes "Know Not One", "Often Annie", and "The Sit In" – plus a great reading of Tom McIntosh's "With Malice Towards None". Personnel: SWEET AND SOULFUL SOUNDS BOBBY TIMMONS piano; SAM JONES bass; ROY McCURDY drums Produced by ORRIN KEEPNEWS; Originally released as Riverside 9422 BORN TO BE BLUE BOBBY TIMMONS piano; SAM JONES, RON CARTER bass; CONNIE KAY drums Produced by ORRIN KEEPNEWS Originally released as Riverside 9468 tracklist: 01. The Sweetest Sounds 02. Turn Left 03. God Bless The Child 04. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To 05. Another Live One 06. Alone Together 07. Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most 08. Why Was I Born 09. Born To Be Blue 10. Malice Towards None 11. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child 12. Know Not One 13. The Sit-In 14. Namely You 15. Often Annie