All Day Long

Performer: Various Artists/Kenny Burrell
Artist: Frank Foster; Tommy Flanagan; Art Taylor; Doug Watkins
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Producer: Bob Weinstock
Distributor: Fantasy (distributor)

Notes: Personnel: Kenny Burrell (guitar); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Frank Foster (tenor saxophone); Tommy Flanagan (piano); Doug Watkins (bass); Arthur Taylor (drums). Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey on January 4, 1957. Orginally released on Prestige (7081). Includes liner notes by Ira Gitler. Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1990, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). Records like ALL DAY LONG once seemed like the reason long-playing vinyl was invented--to give ordinary mortals the sense of eavesdropping on a clique of talented improvisers stretching out after hours, away from the time confines of the three-minute 78, or the commercial demands of the nightclub and radio world. Later, critics derided the "blowing session" as a rip-off in which fans spent good money on a release only to get--well, a clique of talented improvisers stretching out away from the limitations of the 78, nightclub or radio broadcast. In fact, harnessing looseness and creativity into a satisfying album takes a certain amount of thought and craft, two things that clearly went into this co-led Kenny Burrell/Donald Byrd date. The title cut builds from a simple, down-home blues guitar riff into a breathily-voiced horn harmonization, before opening up for a series of relaxed, statesmanlike blues solos with various background figures. "Slim Jim," based on "I Got Rhythm," features a daredevil tenor/trumpet theme; "Say Listen," "A.T." (more blues, this time from a Charlie Parker perspective), and the bonus track "C.P.W" offer relaxed, mid-tempo bebop.

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