Release Date: 30 June 2023
Label: Red Records
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8054154650040
Genres: Jazz  
Release Date: 30 June 2023
Label: Red Records
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8054154650040
Genres: Jazz  
Description
180g vinyl in a deluxe gatefold sleeve with LP size insert - remastered from the original analogue tapes - limited hand-numbered edition.
Altoist Bobby Watson has always been a consistent improviser whose roots are in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers but who is open to freer innovations. For this Red album, Watson is joined by John Hicks, Curtis Lundy and Marvin "Smitty" Smith for five of his originals, one by his wife Pamela Watson and Curtis Lundy's "Sho Thang." With such titles as "The Mistery of Ebop," "Blues for Alto" and the title cut, the high-quality music is essentially advanced hard bop and gives Watson a good opportunity to stretch out on some challenging structures.
Bobby Watson: alto & soprano saxophone
John Hicks: piano
Curtis Lundy: bass
Marvin "Smitty" Smith: drums
Recorded November 13th 1986, New York
Tracklisting
Art Pepper
Joe Henderson
Johnny Dyani
Woody Shaw Quintet
Victor Lewis Quintet
Ronnie Mathews
Fred Hersch, Steve La Spina, Jeff Hirshfield & Jerry Bergonzi
Bobby Watson Quartet
Bobby Watson
Bobby Watson Quartet
Bobby Watson
Bobby Watson
Bobby Watson
Vincent Herring, Bobby Watson, Gary Bartz
Bobby Watson