4053796005595

Soul Tenors: From King Curtis To Gene Ammons (10cd)

Ray Charles, John Lennon, King Curtis, Hank Crawford, Gene A

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Cat No: 600559

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Release Date:  07 August 2020

Label:  Documents

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  10

Barcode:  4053796005595

Genres:  Jazz  Jazz  

  • Description

    The tenor sax was to Rhythm & Blues-hits of the 40s and 50s, what the guitar went on to become to Rock’n’Roll. Put on an R&B-single from that era and you will most likely hear a tenor sax break or solo. Eventually, the tenor players stepped out to make records under their own name. These “Soul Tenors� were expressing themselves by “honkin’, shoutin’, riffin’, riding high on a single note or barking out a guttural howl�, as Ted Gioia described it in “The History of Jazz�, all the while, carrying the “moan’ in their tone�, according to Cannonball Adderley. These masters, whose own instrumentals were hits in the jukeboxes from Harlem to South Central and all across the South, played Soul Jazz of the highest order – melodic, expressive, straight from the heart. On into the 60s and 70s, when it came to emotions that simply couldn’t be expressed with words, artists from Ray Charles via Aretha to John Lennon called on tenor sax players like David “Fathead� Newman or King Curtis. This unique 10-box-set presents some of the greatest original LPs of the genre. They are milestones by the above mentioned legends of the genre, plus Gene Ammons, Teddy Edwards, Illinois Jacquet, Budd Johnson, Jimmy Forrest, Oliver Nelson, Stanley Turrentine, Arnett Cobb, Eddie “Lockjaw� Davis, Willis Jackson, Roland Kirk and Sam "The Man" Taylor. The album titles already tell a good part of the story, from “Country Soul� via “Swing’s The Thing� on to “Hip Soul� or simply “Funky�.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 2. King Curtis - Have You Heard?
      • 3. King Curtis - Willow Weep for Me
      • 4. King Curtis - Little Brother Soul
      • 5. King Curtis - In a Funky Groove
      • 6. King Curtis - Brown Eyes
      • 7. King Curtis - I'm Movin On
      • 8. King Curtis - Tumbling Tumbleweeds
      • 9. King Curtis - Walking The Floor Over You
      • 10. King Curtis - Your Cheatin' Heart
      • 11. King Curtis - Night Train To Memphis
      • 12. King Curtis - Tennessee Waltz
      • 13. King Curtis - Any Time
      • 14. King Curtis - Home On The Range
      • 15. King Curtis - Raunchy
      • 16. King Curtis - Wagon Wheels
      • 17. King Curtis - High Noon

      Disc 2

      • 1. David Newman - Hard Times
      • 2. David Newman - Weird Beard
      • 3. David Newman - Willow Weep for Me
      • 4. David Newman - Bill for Bennie
      • 5. David Newman - Sweet Eyes
      • 6. David Newman - Fathead
      • 7. David Newman - Mean to Me
      • 8. David Newman - Tin Tin Deo
      • 9. Teddy Edwards Quartet - Good Gravy
      • 10. Teddy Edwards Quartet - Could You Forget
      • 11. Teddy Edwards Quartet - Stairway to the Stars
      • 12. Teddy Edwards Quartet - A Little Later
      • 13. Teddy Edwards Quartet - On Green Dolphin Street
      • 14. Teddy Edwards Quartet - Just Friends
      • 15. Teddy Edwards Quartet - Laura
      • 16. Teddy Edwards Quartet - Yes, I'll Be Ready
      • 17. Teddy Edwards Quartet - Not So Strange Blues

      Disc 3

      • 1. Illinois Jacquet Swings - Las Vegas Blues
      • 2. Illinois Jacquet Swings - Harlem Nocturne
      • 3. Illinois Jacquet Swings - Can't We Be Friends?
      • 4. Illinois Jacquet Swings - Achtung
      • 5. Illinois Jacquet Swings - Have You Met Miss Jones?
      • 6. Illinois Jacquet Swings - Lullaby of the Leaves
      • 7. Budd Johnson Quintet - Serenade in Blue
      • 8. Budd Johnson Quintet - I Only Have Eyes for You
      • 9. Budd Johnson Quintet - Downtown Manhattan
      • 10. Budd Johnson Quintet - Someone to Watch over Me
      • 11. Budd Johnson Quintet - Falling in Love with Love
      • 12. Budd Johnson Quintet - Blues by Budd
      • 13. Budd Johnson Quintet - Uptown Manhattan

      Disc 4

      • 1. Oliver Nelson, King Curtis, Jimmy Forrest - Blues At The Five Spot
      • 2. Oliver Nelson, King Curtis, Jimmy Forrest - Blues For M..F.
      • 3. Oliver Nelson, King Curtis, Jimmy Forrest - Anacruses Spot
      • 4. Oliver Nelson, King Curtis, Jimmy Forrest - Perdido
      • 5. Oliver Nelson, King Curtis, Jimmy Forrest - In Passing Spot
      • 6. Jimmy Forrest - Remember
      • 7. Jimmy Forrest - Dexter's Deck
      • 8. Jimmy Forrest - Jim's Jam
      • 9. Jimmy Forrest - Bags' Groove
      • 10. Jimmy Forrest - When Your Lover Has Gone
      • 11. Jimmy Forrest - Help!

      Disc 5

      • 1. Gene Ammons - The Happy Blues
      • 2. Gene Ammons - The Great Lie
      • 3. Gene Ammons - Can't We Be Friends?
      • 4. Gene Ammons - Madhouse
      • 5. Gene Ammons - Hittin' the Jug
      • 6. Gene Ammons - Close Your Eyes
      • 7. Gene Ammons - My Romance
      • 8. Gene Ammons - Canadian Sunset
      • 9. Gene Ammons - Blue Ammons Jug
      • 10. Gene Ammons - Confirmation
      • 11. Gene Ammons - Stompin' at the Savoy

      Disc 6

      • 1. Shirley Scott w. Stanley Turrentine - Hip Soul
      • 2. Shirley Scott w. Stanley Turrentine - 411 West
      • 3. Shirley Scott w. Stanley Turrentine - By Myself
      • 4. Shirley Scott w. Stanley Turrentine - Trane's Blues
      • 5. Shirley Scott w. Stanley Turrentine - Stanley's Time
      • 6. Shirley Scott w. Stanley Turrentine - Out of This World
      • 7. Shirley Scott w. Stanley Turrentine - Hip Twist
      • 8. Shirley Scott w. Stanley Turrentine - At Last
      • 9. Shirley Scott w. Stanley Turrentine - Rippin' an' Runnin'
      • 10. Shirley Scott w. Stanley Turrentine - The Very Thought of You
      • 11. Shirley Scott w. Stanley Turrentine - Violent Blues
      • 12. Shirley Scott w. Stanley Turrentine - That's All
      • 13. Shirley Scott w. Stanley Turrentine - All Tore Down

      Disc 7

      • 1. Arnett Cobb - Nitty Gritty
      • 2. Arnett Cobb - All I Do Is Dream of You
      • 3. Arnett Cobb - I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You
      • 4. Arnett Cobb - Exactly Like
      • 5. Arnett Cobb - Walkin'
      • 6. Arnett Cobb - Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
      • 7. Arnett Cobb - Fast Ride
      • 8. Arnett Cobb - The Shy One
      • 9. Arnett Cobb & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - When I Grow Too Old to Dream
      • 10. Arnett Cobb & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Go Power
      • 11. Arnett Cobb & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Dutch Kitchen Bounce
      • 12. Arnett Cobb & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - Go Red Go
      • 13. Arnett Cobb & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - The Eely One
      • 14. Arnett Cobb & Eddie Lockjaw Davis - The Fluke

      Disc 8

      • 1. Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet - Intermission Riff
      • 2. Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet - Can't Get Out of This Mood
      • 3. Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet - Foxy
      • 4. Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet - Our Delight
      • 5. Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet - Bahia
      • 6. Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quintet - Bingo Domingo
      • 7. Willis Jackson - Cool Grits
      • 8. Willis Jackson - Come Back to Sorrento
      • 9. Willis Jackson - Dinky's Mood
      • 10. Willis Jackson - Please Mr. Jackson
      • 11. Willis Jackson - 633 Knock
      • 12. Willis Jackson - Memories of You

      Disc 9

      • 1. Roland Kirk With Jack McDuff - Three for Dizzy
      • 2. Roland Kirk With Jack McDuff - Makin' Whoopee
      • 3. Roland Kirk With Jack McDuff - Funk Underneath
      • 4. Roland Kirk With Jack McDuff - Kirk's Work
      • 5. Roland Kirk With Jack McDuff - Doin' the Sixty-Eight
      • 6. Roland Kirk With Jack McDuff - Too Late Now
      • 7. Roland Kirk With Jack McDuff - Skater's Waltz
      • 8. Jack McDuff w. Jimmy Forrest - Smooth Sailing
      • 9. Jack McDuff w. Jimmy Forrest - Mean to Me
      • 10. Jack McDuff w. Jimmy Forrest - Tippin' In
      • 11. Jack McDuff w. Jimmy Forrest - Yeah, Baby
      • 12. Jack McDuff w. Jimmy Forrest - Autumn Leaves
      • 13. Jack McDuff w. Jimmy Forrest - Tough 'Duff

      Disc 10

      • 1. Sam "The Man" Taylor - Ruby
      • 2. Sam "The Man" Taylor - Love Song From Suzie Wong
      • 3. Sam "The Man" Taylor - Laura
      • 4. Sam "The Man" Taylor - Anastasia
      • 5. Sam "The Man" Taylor - Gloria
      • 6. Sam "The Man" Taylor - Barefoot Contessa
      • 7. Sam "The Man" Taylor - The Bad And The Beautiful
      • 8. Sam "The Man" Taylor - Anna
      • 9. David Newman - Unchain My Heart
      • 10. David Newman - Cellar Groove
      • 11. David Newman - Alto Sauce
      • 12. David Newman - Hello There
      • 13. David Newman - Scufflin'
      • 14. David Newman - Esther's Melody
      • 15. David Newman - Lady Day