Frank Foster - Manhattan Fever

Title: Manhattan Fever Artist: Frank Foster Release Date: 3/21/1968 Re-Released On: 6/5/2007 Label: Blue Note UPCs: 094638519126, 094638519157 Genre: Jazz Styles: Soul Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Energetic, Passionate, Rousing, Sophisticated, Ambitious, Boisterous, Complex, Confident, Dramatic, Earnest, Elaborate, Exuberant, Freewheeling, Intense, Literate, Lively, Playful, Provocative, Quirky, Rambunctious, Refined/Mannered, Stately, Uncompromising, Warm, Witty, Wry Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Little Miss No Nose
2. Manhattan Fever
3. Loneliness
4. Stammpede
5. You Gotta Be Kiddin'
6. Seventh Avenue Bill
7. Slug's Bag
8. What's New from the Monster Mill
9. Hip Shakin'
10. The House That Love Built
11. Fly by Night

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD Blue Note 2007 CD Blue Note 851912

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Frank Foster has been largely defined in jazz circles by his long association with Count Basie (Foster was with Basie from 1953 until 1964 and led the orchestra for nine years following Basie's death), but the tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger led his own recording session as early as 1954 when he cut a 10" LP for Alfred Lion's Blue Note Records. He returned to Blue Note in 1968 and recorded Manhattan Fever, and material for yet another album was cut at a session held later in 1969. Manhattan Fever had disappointing sales, however, and the 1969 sides ended up not being released as planned. This CD reissue adds some of that 1969 material to the original Manhattan Fever track listing, and it makes for a much stronger and more varied set. Highlights include the lovely "Loneliness" from the original LP and the starkly beautiful ballad "The House That Love Built," and a wonderfully wobbling and woozy version of Rahsaan Roland Kirk's "Fly by Night" from the 1969 sessions. Foster's compositional (he wrote all but three of the eleven selections here) and arranging talents are at center stage, but when he steps out front as a soloist like he does on "The House That Love Built," he shows why he is a top line tenor sax player. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bill Cody Sax (Tenor) Bill Lowe Trombone Bill Saxton Sax (Tenor) Bob Cranshaw Guitar (Electric), Bass Burt Collins Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet Buster Williams Bass Charles Stephens Trombone Charles Williams Sax (Tenor) Charlie Persip Drums Christine Albert Trumpet Don McIntosh Trumpet Doug Harris Sax (Tenor) Duke Pearson Liner Notes, Producer Earl May Bass Ed Pazant Flute, Sax (Alto), Oboe Frank Foster Sax (Tenor), Sax (Soprano), Clarinet (Alto) Garnett Brown Trumpet, Trombone George Cables Piano Janice Robinson Trombone Jimmy Cleveland Trombone Joe Garner Trumpet Joel Brodsky Cover Photo Kenny Rogers Sax (Baritone) Kiane Zawadi Trombone Leroy Barton Sax (Alto) Marvin Stamm Trumpet Michael Cuscuna Liner Notes, Producer Mickey Roker Drums Mickey Tucker Piano Mike Tucker Piano Patrick Roques Reissue Design, Reissue Art Director Richard Wyands Piano Roger Blank Percussion Ron McMaster Mastering Rudy Van Gelder Engineer Sinclair Acey Trumpet Ted Dunbar Guitar Virgil Jones Trumpet