★Al Belletto Quintet & Sextet / 1954-1957 (1EP + 4LP on 2CD)
FRESH SOUND FSRCD9882(2CD) Mono · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered スタン・ケントン楽団で活躍したニューオーリンズ生まれのアルトサックス奏者＆クラリネット奏者、アル・ベッレットのキャピトルレコードから発売された「ケントン・プレゼンツ・ジャズ」シリーズの4枚(1EP&3LP)とベツレヘムレーベルからリリースされたアル・ベッレット・セクステットが伴奏したジェリ・ウィンタースのヴォーカル作品(計5枚のアルバム）を2CDにまとめた徳用盤。 ベッレットの艶やかで美しいアルトサックスはもちろん、50年代の商業的にも成功を収めた都会的で洗練された洒脱な白人ジャズ音楽が満喫できる作品です。 Sources CD1: Tracks # 1-4, from “An Introduction to the Al Belletto Quintet” (Capitol EAP 1-6508) Tracks # 5-15, from “Sounds and Songs - The Al Belletto Sextet” (Capitol T-6514) Tracks # 16-26, from “Half and Half - The Al Belletto Sextet” (Capitol T-751) Sources CD2: Track #1, from “Half and Half - The Al Belletto Sextet (Capitol T-751) Tracks #2-11, from “Whisper Not - The Al Belletto Sextet” (Capitol T-901) Tracks #12-23, from “Somebody Loves Me - Jerri Winters with the Al Belletto Sextet” (Bethlehem BCP 76) Personnel on "Introduction to the Al Belletto Quintet" Al Belletto, alto sax, clarinet, vocals; Jack Martin, trumpet, French horn, bass, chief arranger, vocals; Jimmy Guinn, trombone, tenor sax, bass, arranger, featured singer; Fred Crane, piano, baritone sax, arranger, vocals; Charles McKnight, drums, vocals. Recorded in Chicago, December 1954 Personnel on "“Sounds and Songs": Al Belletto, alto sax, clarinet, vocals; Jack Martin, bass, trumpet, French horn, arranger, vocals; (Danny Conn, replaces Martin on #9-15 playing bass, trumpet, mellophone, vocals); Jimmy Guinn, trombone, arranger, featured singer; Fred Crane, piano, baritone sax, arranger, vocals; Skip Fawcett, bass, vocals; Charles McKnight, drums, vocals. Recorded in Chicago, February 1955 [#5-8], Chicago & Los Angeles, 1955 [#9-15] Personnel on "Hanf and Half": Al Belletto, alto sax, clarinet, vocals; Willie Thomas, trumpet, vocals; Jimmy Guinn, trombone, arranger, featured singer; Fred Crane, piano, baritone sax, vocals; Skip Fawcett, bass, vocals; Tom Montgomery, drums, trumpet, vocals. Recorded in New York, May 28 [#16-21], June 1 [#22-24], and June 6 [#25-26], 1956 Personnel on "Whisper Not": Al Belletto, alto sax, clarinet, vocals; Willie Thomas, trumpet, vocals; Jimmy Guinn, trombone, arranger, featured singer; Fred Crane, piano, baritone sax, vocals; Kenny O’Brien, bass, vocals; Tom Montgomery, drums, trumpet, vocals. Recorded in New York, July 16 [#2-5], 17 [#6-7], 18 [#8-9], and 19 [#10-11], 1957 Personnel on "Somebody Loves Me": Jerri Winters, vocals; Al Belletto, alto sax, clarinet, vocals; Willie Thomas, trumpet, vocals; Jimmy Guinn, trombone, arranger, featured singer; Fred Crane, piano, baritone sax, arranger, vocals; Kenny O’Brien, bass, vocals, (Ray Brown, replaces O'Brien on #20-23); Tom Montgomery, drums, vocals; (Louis Marino, replaces Montgomery on #20-23). Recorded in Chicago, February 1957 [#12-19], and March 1957 [#20-23] CD 1 1. When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (Austin-McHugh-Mills) 2. The Way You Look Tonight (Kern-Fields) 3. Kind of Moody (Ellington-Sigman) 4. A Foggy Day (G. & I. Gershwin) 5. Russ Job (Russ Freeman) 6. I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good (Ellington-Webster) 7. Jeepers Creepers (Warren-Mercer) 8. Sorry, Gone Number (Al Belletto) 9. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (Cole Porter) 10. Make Her Mine (Conn-Gallop) 11. March Fugue Jazz (Jack Martin) 12. I Was the Last to Know (Hub Atwood) 13. Bebe (Al Kerr) 14. Little Girl Blue (Rodgers-Hart) 15. Mabel (Jack Martin) 16. Broadway (Wood-McRae-Bird) 17. Statue of Liberty (Gene Roland) 18. Charity’s a Rarity (Jack Martin) 19. Spring Is Here (Rodgers-Hart) 20. Relaxin’ (Jimmy Guinn) 21. My Funny Valentine (Rodgers-Hart) 22. A Little Bit Square But Nice (Bob Haymes) 23. Foam Rubber (Nat Pierce) 24. In Love in Vain (Kern-Robin) 25. I Never Get Enough of You (Bob Haymes) 26. Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington-Mills) CD 2 1. Poppa Joe's (Fred Crane) 2. Falling In Love with Love (Rodgers-Hart) 3. All for Blues (Lennie Sinisgalli) 4. Lover Man (Davis-Sherman-Ramirez) 5. 'Deed I Do (Rose-Hirsh) 6. Sixty-Four (Nat Pierce) 7. Whisper Not (Benny Golson) 8. Sunday (Miller-Krueger-Conn-Stein) 9. Cross My Heart (Lewis E. Gennsler) 10. Rudy Tootie (Dave Figg) 11. What's New? (Haggart-Burke) 12. Sometimes I'm Happy (Caesar-Grey-Youmans) 13. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good (Ellington-Webster) 14. Ridin' on the Moon (Arlen-Mercer) 15. All or Nothing at All (Altman-Lawrence) 16. In Other Words (Burt Howard) 17. There Will Never Be Another You (Warren-Gordon) 18. Kind of Moody (Ellington-Sigman) 19. I Can't Believe that You're In Love with Me (McHugh-Gaskill) 試聴もここで可能です！Al Belletto Quintet & Sextetの試聴 12月下旬入荷予定 ご予約承り中です。
