Sam Most - Sam Most Plays Bird, Bud, Monk and Miles (1957) {2014 Japan Bethlehem Album Collection 1000}

Sam Most - Sam Most Plays Bird, Bud, Monk and Miles (1957) {2014 Japan Bethlehem Album Collection 1000}
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© 2014 Solid Records / Bethlehem | CDSOL-6138 | LP BCP-75
Jazz / Bop / Cool / Clarinet

Sam Most in two wonderful settings – a large group on half the record, then a smaller combo with David Schildkraut on tenor, Bob Dorough on piano, and Tommy Potter on bass! Sam plays clarinet throughout, but uses some of the phrasing he'd be more likely to employ with a saxophone – a practice that makes the album a great showcase for Most's really unique talents on his instrument. And although the title might make you think the whole thing's a bop rehash record, the arrangements are pretty darn inventive – and really help bring new life into tunes that include "Serpent's Tooth", "Celia", "Bluebird", "Strictly Confidential", and "In Walked Bud" – especially from Sam's solos, and the trumpet work of Doug Mettome. Personnel: Sam Most - Clarinet David Schildkraut - Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone Oscar Pettiford - Bass Tommy Potter - Bass Paul Motian - Drums Bob Dorough - Piano Dick Meldonian, Eddie Wasserman, Marty Flax - Tenor Saxophone Bill Elton, Frank Rehak, Jim Dahl - Trombone Al Stewart, Charles Harmon, Don Stratton, Doug Mettome, Ed Reider, III - Trumpet tracklist: 01 - Strictly Confidential 02 - Half Nelson 03 - 'Round Midnight 04 - In Walked Bud 05 - Serpent's Tooth 06 - Celia 07 - Confirmation 08 - Bluebird