Frank Rosolino - Trombone Heaven, Vancouver 1978 '2007

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Medley: Here’s That Rainy Day; Stardust (11:06)
02. Well You Needn’t (16:28)
03. All Blues (15:31)
04. Just Friends (13:10)
05. Laura; Embraceamble You (9:30)
06. Ow (13:13)

personnel : 

Frank Rosolino,Carl Fontana - trombones
Elmer Gill- piano
Torban Oxbol- bass
George Ursan - drums

Save J.J. Johnson, Frank Rosolino, and Carl Fontana were the two most
technically gifted jazz trombonists without peer. Period. Putting them together
is indeed like being in trombone heaven, yet this club date in Vancouver,
British Columbia at the Bayside Room proved their styles were compatible even if
their sounds were distinct. The ultra-literate Rosolino, displaying a cat quick
tonguing technique, runs rings around anybody the instrument has ever known,
while Fontana restrained his ultimate gifts in favor of a more precise, soulful,
refined, full, less showy sound, yet could play effortless bebop at the flip of
a switch. These two, in their own inimitable ways, truly had it goin' on!
Unfortunately, both sported limited discographies, so this release is both a
treat and an event. The tunes, all standards, are out-and-out extended jam
sessions, but often with a twist. Two ballad medleys have each 'bonist playing
individually, with Rosolino tearing up "Here's That Rainy Day," while Fontana
chills on "Stardust," then in quite similar melodic parallel lines, Fontana
gently strokes "Laura" while Rosolino snuggles up to "Embraceable You." They
discourse quite vocally through their brass and slide axes ad infinitum on a
16-plus-minute "Well, You Needn't," predominantly in beautiful unison on the
lead melody, run through a stylized but inspired 15 & 1/2-minute take of the
loping "All Blues," and draw on counterpointed Dixieland type chattery, clipped,
conversational phrases during a 13-minute drill on "Just Friends." The telepathy
between the two is remarkable, but the finale, Dizzy Gillespie's "Ow" shows
their complete command of harmonics, their ability to play off each other, and
their willingness to experiment with the extended sonic timbres of their horns.
The sound quality is very good for recordings that have been sitting around
since 1978, and the local rhythm section is par for the course, as they allow
these two to have center stage and blow. Rosolino and Fontana, who both passed
away under-recognized in the general scheme, deliver all one could hope for on
this fully realized document of two real geniuses, at work and at play.~Michael
G. Nastos 
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