Cafe Jazz [Savoy]

Performer: Various Artists
Producer: Joshua Sherman (Compilation)
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel: Charlie Parker (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Leo Parker (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Frank Morgan All-Stars (alto saxophone); Dexter Gordon, James Moody Sextet, Lester Young, Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone); Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone); Dave Burns, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Kenny Dorham, Miles Davis, Jesse Drakes (trumpet); Jerry Elliott, J.J. Johnson (trombone); Duke Jordan, John Richard Lewis, Gerald Wiggins, Hank Jones , Junior Mance, Al Haig, Tadd Dameron, Bud Powell (piano); Milt Jackson (vibraphone); Denzil Best, Al Jones , Joe Harris , Kenny Clarke, Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Art Blakey, Shadow Wilson, Big Sid Catlett (drums). Savoy certainly has a catalog it can exploit many different ways. Cafe Jazz is just one of them. What's contained on this disc are 14 classic bop tracks form many of the finest and most innovative artists of their day, including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Stan Getz, Milt Jackson (and separately the Modern Jazz Quartet), and Dexter Gordon, to name a few. There are many ways to find a good introduction to bop, and although this is not necessarily the best, it is certainly a stomping compilation without a weak cut in the batch. ~ Thom Jurek

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