Artist: Ruby Braff
Album: Linger Awhile
Genre: Swing
Label: Vanguard Records
Released: 1999
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Sweet Sue (9:19)
- Ghost of a Chance (7:26)
- Wishing (3:17)
- I Cover the Waterfront (8:29)
- Keeping Out of Mischief Now (5:53)
- Linger Awhile (5:00)
- I'm in the Market for You (5:51)
- Romance in the Dark (6:56)
- When You Wish Upon a Star (6:00)
- I Can't Get Started (11:00)
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This compilation combines tracks from three separate early-'50s recording sessions. Braff, heard on trumpet rather than cornet, is in great form, and is joined by Vic Dickenson, Nat Pierce, and now-obscure tenor saxophonist Samuel Margolis on a swinging "Sweet Sue." Two tracks come from a Dickenson-led date; the best is a very relaxed take on "I Cover the Waterfront." Only one selection comes from a meeting of Braff and fellow trumpeter Buck Clayton, but it's a gem -- an extended look at "I Can't Get Started." As with many Vanguard reissues of recent vintage, the only complaint is that each of the record dates merited a separate re-release instead of this enjoyable but piecemeal anthology CD.
Review by Ken Dryden