Artist: Bud Shank
Album: Jazz at Cal-Tech
Genre: Cool, Hard Bop
Label: Pacific Jazz / Toshiba-EMI
Released: 1956/2007
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- When Lights Are Low (Carter-Williams) - 8:02
- Old Devil Moon (Lane-Harburg) - 7:05
- The Nearness of You (Carmichael-Washington) - 4:28
- How Long Has This Been Going On (Gershwin-Gershwin)/Tea for Two (Youmans-Caesar) - 5:12
- Lullaby of Birdland (Shearing) - 4:32
- Somebody Loves Me (Gershwin-MacDonald-DeSylva) - 5:57
- Moonlight in Vermont (Suessdorf-Blackburn) - 6:49
- The King (Basie) - 6:31
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- Personnel:
- Bud Shank - alto saxophone, flute
- Bob Cooper - tenor saxophone, oboe
- Claude Williamson - piano
- Don Prell - bass
- Chuck Flores - drums
The near-telepathic interplay that distinguishes all of Bud Shank's collaborations with reedist Bob Cooper reaches a dazzling peak with the live Jazz at Cal-Tech. A deceptively freewheeling set recorded with pianist Claude Williamson, bassist Don Prell, and drummer Chuck Flores, it boasts a simmering intensity often missing from Shank and Cooper's subsequent studio sessions, channeling the energy of the audience to add a new edge to their creative give and take, particularly on a rousing rendition of Count Basie's "The King." No less impressive is a lovely ballad medley featuring "How Long Has This Been Going On?" and "Tea for Two."
Review by Jason Ankeny