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Lenny Niehaus
Vol. 3-Complete Fifties Recordings-Sextet Quintet
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (18) - Disc #1
1. Thou Swell - Lennie Niehaus, Hart, Lorenz
2. I Wished on the Moon - Lennie Niehaus, Parker, Dorothy
3. Knee Deep - Lennie Niehaus, Niehaus, L.
4. Fond Memories - Lennie Niehaus, Niehaus, L.
5. Take It from Me - Lennie Niehaus, Niehaus, L.
6. Belle of the Ball - Lennie Niehaus, Anderson, L.
7. As Long as I Live - Lennie Niehaus, Arlen
8. Ill Wind - Lennie Niehaus, Arlen
9. Three of a Kind - Lennie Niehaus, Niehaus, L.
10. Elbow Room - Lennie Niehaus, Niehaus, L.
11. Poinciana - Lennie Niehaus, Bernier
12. Happy Times - Lennie Niehaus, Niehaus, L.
13. I Should Care - Lennie Niehaus, Cahn
14. I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me - Lennie Niehaus, Gaskill
15. Blues for Susie - Lennie Niehaus, Niehaus, L.
16. Four - Lennie Niehaus, Davis, M.
17. The Sermon - Lennie Niehaus, Hawes, H.
18. With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair - Lennie Niehaus, Edwards

CD Details

All Artists: Lenny Niehaus
Title: Vol. 3-Complete Fifties Recordings-Sextet Quintet
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Lonehill Jazz Spain
Release Date: 5/29/2006
Album Type: Import
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 8436019582404

Synopsis

Album Description

The third CD of The Lennie Niehaus Project includes three sessions; one of The Sextet, one of The Quintet, and one of The Octet. The first date was originally issued on the 12'' LP Lennie Niehaus Vol. 5: The Sextet. The second session formed part of the 12'' LP titled Lennie Niehaus Vol. 1: The Quintets. The third date was used to complete the 12'' LP The Lennie Niehaus Octet!: Zounds!

CD Reviews

High quality consistent with the other volumes

James A. Vedda | Alexandria, VA USA | 08/18/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Seven original tunes by Niehaus and 11 jazz standards make up this third volume of Lennie's mid-1950s recording sessions. These tracks, totaling over 75 minutes of music, were recorded in three gatherings in 1956 featuring quintet, sextet, and octet. Familiar names in these sessions (in addition to Lennie on alto) are Bill Perkins, Jimmy Giuffre, and Pepper Adams on saxes, Stu Williamson on trumpet and valve trombone, Frank Rosolino on trombone, Buddy Clark and Red Mitchell on bass, and Shelly Manne and Mel Lewis on drums.

As with the other three volumes in this series, Lennie's arrangements are inventive and the solos are excellent. A couple of variations in instrumentation provide some different sounds in a few tracks on this volume. Bill Perkins switches to flute on the ballad "Ill Wind" to soften the tone color a bit. More notably, the four octet tracks are scored for three saxes, trombone, French horn, and tuba, with a rhythm section of bass and drums. Despite the absence of trumpet and piano, this ensemble produces a full, swinging sound. You'll probably come away thinking that the tuba should have been a more prominent instrument in jazz all these years.

If you're looking to have some fun with 1950s west coast jazz, this CD and the others in the series are a great place to start."