Paul Gonsalves meets Earl Hines

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Paul Gonsalves meets Earl Hines
Studio album by Paul Gonsalves & Earl Hines

Publication
(s)

1974

Label (s) Black Lion Records

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

jazz

Title (number)

6th

running time

39:31

occupation

production

Stanley Dance

Studio (s)

National Studios New York City, Hank O'Neal Studio

chronology
Paul Gonsalves: Humming Bird
(1970)
Earl Hines: At Sundown
(1974) 		Paul Gonsalves meets Earl Hines Paul Gonsalvez, Paul Quinichette Orchester G. "Dave" Pochonet (1977)
Earl Hines, Budd Johnson : The Dirty Old Men (1974)
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Paul Gonsalves Meets Earl Hines is a jazz album by Paul Gonsalves and Earl Hines . The recordings, which were made on December 15, 1970 in the National Studios in New York City and on November 29, 1972 in the Hank O'Neal Studio, were released in 1974 on Black Lion Records . The recordings were initially released on LP under the title It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing .

background

One of the rare sessions of saxophonist Paul Gonsalves under his own name without additional wind instruments was Paul Gonsalves Meets Earl Hines , together with bassist Al Hall and drummer Jo Jones . The tracks were " It Don't Mean a Thing ", " Over the Rainbow ", "What Am I Here For", "Moten Swing" and "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good". The album was conceived and produced by Stanley Dance , who brought the two musicians together at National Studios (730 Fifth Avenue). The additional track from 1972, recorded at Hank O'Neal Studios, is a solo version of "Blue Sands," played by its composer Earl Hines.

Track list

  • Paul Gonsalves Meets Earl Hines (Black Lion Records BLCD760177)
  1. It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing! ( Duke Ellington , Irving Mills ) 10:45 am
  2. Over the Rainbow ( Harold Arlen , Yip Harburg ) 4:02
  3. What Am I Here For? (Duke Ellington, Frankie Laine ) 5:43
  4. Moten Swing ( Bennie Moten , Buster Moten ) 7:15
  5. Blue Sands (Hines) 4:45
  6. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster ) 7:01

reception

Scott Yanow gave the album four stars in Allmusic and wrote that the longtime tenor saxophonist from Duke Ellington was a perfect match for the inventive pianist Earl Hines, who was in top form in the five standards. The music swings hard and has its surprising moments.

What makes this album so unusual, said Marc Myers on his blog Jazzwax , is “how gentle it is. Historically, Gonsalves has been a saxophone gladiator, particularly at the Cookin ' sessions in the 1950s and with Tubby Hayes and Sonny Stitt . But here Hines takes it easy and Gonsalves follows with a contemplative, smoky tone. It's almost like listening to him in slow motion, which gives you the opportunity to hear him in all his glory. ”In that regard, he's more Ben Webster than Coleman Hawkins . On those albums, two “speed demons” showed admirable self-control, Myers said. It was made “nice and easy”, he said.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Marc Myers: Paul Gonalves Meets Earl Hines. Jazzwax, July 14, 2020, accessed on July 14, 2020 .
  2. ^ Review of the album at Allmusic (English). Retrieved April 1, 2020.