George Wallington - Knight Music (1957) {Atlantic-Koch Jazz}
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Jazz / Bop / Piano
| The fine bop
pianist George Wallington hasn't received the recognition he deserved,
possibly because of a two-dozen year gap from 1960-1984 when he was
entirely out of the music business. This first-rate trio date for
Atlantic has finally come out on CD and should help gain him some
posthumous attention. One of his two greatest compositions, "Godchild"
(which appears on the classic Miles Davis release The Birth of the
Cool), opens the disc with a flourish, but there are many strong
originals present. The lively stair-stepping "Serendipity" and the
furious "Up Jumped the Devil" are worthy of comparison to Bud Powell.
Wallington also covers several standards such as "Will You Still Be
Mine?" and "It's All Right With Me" with finesse and imagination. |
