Booker Little - 1958 - Booker Little 4 & Max Roach (1991) FL torrent

Booker Little - 1958 - Booker Little 4 & Max Roach (1991)

This CD reissue features trumpeter Booker Little at the beginning of his tragically brief career. The first six selections find the distinctive soloist playing with a quintet also including the young tenor George Coleman, pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Art Davis, and drummer Max Roach (who was his regular employer at the time). Little contributed three now-obscure originals and also plays two standards and an early version of Miles Davis' "Milestones." The remainder of the CD has lengthy versions of "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" and "Blue 'n Boogie" from a jam session that matched Little with fellow Memphis-based players including Coleman, altoist Frank Strozier, and the masterful pianist Phineas Newborn. Overall, this forward-looking hard bop set is easily recommended. (AllMusic)

Track list:
01 Milestones
02 Sweet and Lovely
03 Rounder's Mood
04 Dungeon Waltz
05 Jewel's Tempo
06 Moonlight Becomes You
07 Things Ain't What They Used To Be
08 Blue 'N' Boogie

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