Sunday, 8 February 2015

George Russell Sextet - Ezz-thetics (1961) {2007 Riverside} [Keepnews Collection Complete Series] (Item #12)


George Russell Sextet - Ezz-thetics (1961) {2007 Riverside} [Keepnews Collection Complete Series] (Item #12)
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 357 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 132 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (png) -> 275 Mb | 5% repair rar | 24-bit remastering
© 2007 Concord / Riverside | 0888072301887
Jazz / Post Bop / Third Stream


Remastered in 24-bit from the original master tapes. Part of our Keepnews Collection, which spotlights classic albums originally produced by the legendary and arguably the most respected of all jazz producers, Orrin Keepnews. George Russell is listed in the Encyclopedia of Jazz as "composer, piano, educator" and all of these are accurate descriptions of this dynamic musical revolutionary.


But in the early Sixties he also spent some exciting years as a bandleader, presenting his Lydian and pan-tonal concepts in action and helping vitally in the rise to prominence of two significant innovators of the period: Eric Dolphy and Don Ellis. Both men play major roles in this 1961 album by probably the best of Russell's small groups, which includes one of Dolphy's most lasting celebrated recorded efforts--his astonishing bass clarinet solo on the Thelonious Monk classic, "'Round Midnight."

Personnel:
George Russell - piano, arranger
Don Ellis - trumpet
Dave Baker - trombone
Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, bass clarinet (#2 and 4 only)
Stephen Swallow - bass
Joe Hunt - drums

tracklist:
01 - Ezz-Thetic
02 - Nardis
03 - Lydiot
04 - Thoughts
05 - Honesty
06 - 'Round Midnight
07 - Kige's Tune (take 2) (bonus track) (previously unissued)
08 - Kige's Tune (take 5) (bonus track) (previously unissued)

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