Al Cohn - The Swingin'Sessions 1954-55 '2021

Tracks list

Tracklist:
 
CD 1
01. COHN MY WAY (Manny Albam) 2:54
02. THIS REMINDS ME OF YOU (Ralph Burns) 3:14
03. CABIN IN THE SKY (Duke-Latouche) 3:03
04. BREAKFAST WITH JOE (Johnny Carisi) 4:06
05. LULLABY OF BIRDLAND (Shearing-Weiss) 2:19 *
06. MOVE (Denzil Best) 7:14
07. NEVER NEVER LAND (Styne-Comden-Green) 5:27
08. SOMETHING FOR LISA (Al Cohn) 6:25
09. COUNT EVERY STAR (Coquatrix-Gallop) 3:06
10. LA RONDE (Cochran-Strauss) 2:45
11. COUNT ME IN (Al Cohn) 3:34
12. PICK A DILLY (Al Cohn) 3:30
13. DOGGIN' AROUND (Battle-Evans) 3:01
14. A KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON (Hammerstein-Kalmar-Ruby) 3:31
15. JUMP THE BLUES AWAY (Lewis) 2:56
16. A.C. MEETS OSIE (Al Cohn) 2:42
17. 9:20 SPECIAL (Warren-Palmer-Engvich) 2:58
18. THE NATURAL THING TO DO (Al Cohn) 2:59
19. BABY PLEASE (Al Cohn) 3:04
20. OSIE'S BLUES (Johnson-Albam) 2:30
21. JACK'S KINDA SWING (Al Cohn) 3:36
22. FREDDIE'S TUNE (Freddie Green) 3:27

CD 2
01. CORNER POCKET (Freddie Green) 2:39
02. DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME (André-Kahn-Schandt) 2:33
03. TOPSY (E.Durham-E.W.Battle) 3:12
04. LEONICE (Joe Newman) 3:34
05. JACK'S WAX (Al Cohn) 2:29
06. LIMEHOUSE BLUES (Braham-Furber) 3:22
07. CAPTAIN SPAULDING (Al Cohn) 3:26
08. SOON (G. & I.Gershwin) 2:40
09. IF I COULD BEWITH YOU ONE HOUR TO-NIGHT (Johnson-Creamer) 3:05
10. I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU (Williams-Sigman) 2:54
11. LULLABY OF BIRDLAND (Shearing-Weiss) 3:06 *
12. PRETTY SKINNY BUNNY (Ernie Wilkins) 2:26
13. IT'S A THING OF THE PAST (Manny Albam) 2:45
14. EVERY TIME (Farrar-Kent) 2:18
15. JUST PLAIN SAM (Manny Albam) 2:55
16. ROSETTA (Hines-Wood) 4:27
17. ALONE TOGETHER (Schwartz-Howard-Dietz) 3:27
18. A LITTLE SONG (Al Cohn) 2:46
19. THE SONG IS ENDED (Irving Berlin) 2:44
20. COHN NOT COHEN (Al Cohn) 2:44
21. FOGGY WATER (Manny Albam) 2:47
22. SUGAR COHN (Manny Albam) 3:07
23. I'M COMING, VIRGINIA (Heywood-Cook) 2:30
24. HAROOSH (Al Cohn) 4:01
25. LINGER AWHILE (Rose-Owens) 3:23

CD 3
01. YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME (Hines-Carpenter-Dunlap) 3:33
02. TOP HAT, WHITE TIE, AND TAILS (Irving Berlin) 2:40
03. SOMETIMES l'M HAPPY (Youmans-Caesar-Grey) 3:03
04. SHAMEFUL ROGER (Manny Albam) 2:46
05. LAMENT FOR A LOST LOVE (Ellington-Bigard-Mills) 3:09
06. SWEETHEARTS ON PARADE (Lombardo-.Newman) 2:39
07. SLATS! (Joe Newman) 3:51
08. PERFIDIA (Dominguez-Leeds) 2:49
09. IT'S BAD FOR ME (Cole Porter) 3:18
10. EXACTLY LIKE YOU (McHugh-Fields) 3:15
11. WE'LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN (Laine-C.Fisher) 3:36
12. THE DAUGHTER OF MISS THING (Joe Newman) 2:33
13. UP IN THE BLUES (Freddie Green) 2:33
14. DOWN FOR DOUBLE (Freddie Green) 3:58
15. BACK AND FORTH (Freddie Green) 2:16
16. FREE AND EASY (Freddie Green) 3:25
17. LEARNIN' THE BLUES (Dolores Vicki Silvers) 3:28
18. FEED BAG (Freddie Green) 2:58
19. SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE (Johnny Mercer) 2:52
20. EASY DOES IT (Oliver-Young) 3:43
21. LITTLE RED (Freddie Green) 2:08
22. SWINGING BACK (Freddie Green) 3:22
23. A DATE WITH RAY (Freddie Green) 4:52
24. WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR (Washington-Harline) 2:37
25. SWINGIN' THE BLUES (Count Basie) 3:16 *

ALBUM DETAILS

VOLUME ONE
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CD 1

Al Cohn and His Orchestra [“Mr. Music”]
Tracks 1-5: Joe Newman, trumpet; Billy Byers, trombone; Gene Quill, alto sax; Al
Cohn, Sol Schlinger, tenor sax; Sanford Gold, piano; Buddy Jones, bass; Osie
Johnson, drums.
Arrangements: Al Cohn (#3, 5-10), Manny Albam (#1), John Carisi (#4), Ralph
Burns (#2).
Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, December 23, 1954

Tracks 6-10: Joe Newman, trumpet; Frank Rehak, Billy Byers, trombones; Hal
McKusick, Gene Quill, alto saxes; Al Cohn, tenor sax; Sol Schlinger, baritone
sax; Sanford Gold, piano; Billy Bauer or Jimmy Raney (#8-10) guitar; Milt
Hinton, bass; Osie Johnson, drums.
Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, December 24, 1954

Al Cohn Septet [“The Natural Seven”]
Tracks 11-22: Al Cohn, tenor sax; Joe Newman, trumpet; Frank Rehak, trombone;
Freddie Green, guitar; Nat Pierce, piano; Milt Hinton, bass; Osie Johnson, drums
& vocals (#20).
Arrangements by Al Cohn (#11,12,16,18-22), M.Albam (#14,15,17), Ernie Wilkins
(#13).
Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, February 3 (#11-16), and 5 (#17-22),
1955

CD 2

The Joe Newman Octet [“All IWanna Do Is Swing”]
Tracks 1-13: Joe Newman, trumpet; Frank Rehak, trombone; Ernie Wilkins, alto
sax; Al Cohn, tenor sax; Nat Pierce, piano; Freddie Green, guitar: Milt Hinton,
bass; Ross “Shadow”Wilson, drums.
Arrangers: Al Cohn (#5,6,7,9), Manny Albam (#3,4,8,11,13), Ernie Wilkins
(#1,2,10,12).
Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, in three sessions on February 8, 1955

The Jazz Workshop ["Four Brass, One Tenor"]
Tracks #14-17 Joe Newman, Thad Jones, JoeWilder, trumpets; Nick Travis, trumpet
& valve trombone; Al Cohn, tenor sax; Dick Katz, piano; Freddie Green, guitar;
Buddy Jones, bass; Osie Johnson, drums.
Tracks #18-21, same as #14-17, but Bernie Glow, trumpet, replaces Thad Jones.
Tracks #22-25, same personnel as #14-17, but Phil Sunkel, trumpet, replaces Joe
Wilder.
Arrangements: Al Cohn (#14,16,18,20,23,24), Manny Albam (#15,17,19,21,22,25).
Recorded at Webster Hall, NYC, May 9 (#14-17), 14 (#18-21), and 16 (#22-25),
1955

VOLUME TWO
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CD 3

The Joe Newman Octet [“I’m Still Swinging”]
Tracks #1-12: Joe Newman, trumpet; Urbie Green, trombone; Gene Quill, alto sax;
Al Cohn, tenor sax; Dick Katz, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Eddie Jones, bass;
Ross “Shadow”Wilson, drums.
Arrangements by Al Cohn (#5,6,9,10), Manny Albam (#1,2,3,4), Ernie Wilkins
(#7,8,11,12).
Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, October 3 (#1-8), and 4 (#9-12), 1955

Freddie Green [“Mr. Rhythm”]
Tracks #13-24: Joe Newman, trumpet; Henry Coker, trombone; Al Cohn, tenor sax,
clarinet & bass clarinet; Nat Pierce, piano; Freddie Green, guitar; Milt Hinton,
bass; Osie Johnson or Jo Jones (#14,16,17,20,22), drums.
Arrangements by Al Cohn (#13,14,19), Manny Albam (#16,17,18,20), Ernie Wilkins
(#15,21,22,23,24)
Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, in three sessions on December 18, 1955

Bonus track #25: Al Cohn, tenor sax; Joe Newman, trumpet; Freddie Green, guitar;
Hank Jones, piano; Milt Hinton, bass; Osie Johnson, drums. Plus 3 violins.
Arranged by Ernie Wilkins
Recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, May 13, 1955

(*) Bonus tracks sources:
CD 1, track #5 and CD 2, track #11, taken from the 12-inch collective
compilation
“Lullaby of Birdland” (RCA Victor LPM-1146)
CD 3, track #25, taken from the Al Cohn album “That Old Feeling”
(RCA Victor LPM-1207)

Original recordings produced by Jack Lewis
All sessions were recorded at the RCA Webster Hall Studios
Sound Engineer: Ray Hall
Cover photo of Al Cohn and Joe Newman taken at Webster Hall’s Grand
Ballroom
Photos © Fresh Sound archives
This CD compilation produced by Jordi Pujol

Blue Moon Producciones Discograficas S.L.
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This CD set is dedicated to the memory of Robert Anotaux “Shorty”

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