VA - The Birdlanders, Volume 2 '1954

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Album name	The Birdlanders, Volume 2
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Date	1954
Genre	Jazz
Play time	51:59
Format / Bitrate	Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps
Media	CD
Size	135 MB(+3\%)
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Tracklist

01. East Lag (Mulligan) - 2:36
02. Marcel the Furrier (Renaud) - 6:03
03. Rhumblues (Feather) - 4:32
04. Stardust (Carmichael-Parish) - 5:14
05. Ondine (Feather) - 3:12
06. Burts Pad (Renaud) - 9:55
07. You Stepped Out of a Dream (Brown-Kahn) - 4:58
08. Lazy Things (unknown) - 4:30
09. NYs Idea #1 (unknown) - 2:18
10. Once in a While (Edwards-Green) - 5:23
11. NYs Idea #2 (unknown) - 3:18

In the 50s, serious bop fans made a point of visiting Birdland when they visited
New York. Henri Renaud was no exception; the French pianist/producer knew that
the clubs original location attracted a wealth of bop talent. And he played
alongside some of those Birdland heavyweights when he produced a series of
Birdlanders dates in 1954. The Birdlanders, Vol. 2, which was the second of two
Birdlanders reissues that Fantasy provided in 2000, focuses on sessions from
March 5 and 13, 1954. The March 5 session is a quartet date that boasts Renaud
on piano, Al Cohn on tenor sax, Gene Ramey on bass, and Denzil Best on drums;
the March 13 date, however, unites Renaud and Cohn with trombonist Kai Winding,
guitarist Tal Farlow, bassist Oscar Pettiford, and drummer Max Roach. As one
might expect, many inspired moments occur, and the musicians are in fine form on
material that ranges from the standard You Stepped out of a Dream to Leonard
Feathers Rhumblues and Gerry Mulligans East Lag (which that famous baritone
saxophonist had yet to record himself when he agreed to let the Birdlanders
record it). Meanwhile, Hoagy Carmichaels Stardust is primarily a vehicle for
Pettifords acoustic bass. It isnt surprising that the chemistry between the
musicians is as strong as it is; many of them knew each other from Birdland and
elsewhere, and Renaud was well aware of that when he produced the Birdlanders
1954 sessions. Now, here is the ironic part: the New York bop heavyweights who
Renaud recruited for his Birdlanders project were only a fraction of the New
York bop heavyweights who were often booked at Birdland in 1954 -- thats how
much first-class talent the club was able to attract. This CD is recommended to
bop enthusiasts without hesitation.~Alex Henderson

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