Artist: Eddie South
Album: The Dark Angel of the Fiddle
Genre: Swing
Label: Soundies
Released: 2000
Quality: APE (image+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Idaho
- Tabu
- Blues in the Night
- Daybreak
- Tzigani in Rhythm
- Paganini in Rhythm
- Marcheta
- Deep Purple
- Solace
- Dr. Groove
- Hejre Kati
- Rhapsody in Blue
- Yesterdays
- Kol Nidre
- Mad Monk
- Rose Room
- Dear Old Southland
- Snowfall
- Cherokee
- Mad Monk
- Rhapsody in Blue (short version)
- Jersey Bounce
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- Personnel:
- Eddie South - violin
- Billy Taylor - piano
- LaGrand Mason, Eddie Brown - bass
- Connie Jordan - drums
This single CD has all of violinist Eddie South's radio transcriptions for Standard plus three selections taken from appearances on the Jubilee radio series. South was one of the top jazz violinists, being more classical-oriented than most of his contemporaries. He could always swing, as he shows on this series of trio/quartet performances with pianist Billy Taylor (in one of his earlier sessions), bassist LaGrand Mason, and sometimes drummer Connie Jordan; Taylor and bassist Eddie Brown are on the Jubilee shows with South. The music is essentially swing standards (such as "Idaho," "Deep Purple," and "Rose Room") along with two versions of "Rhapsody in Blue" and some of the gypsy melodies (such as "Tzigani in Rhythm," "Marcheta," and "Hejre Kati") that South always loved. A fine all-round set of music from the greatly underrated jazz violinist.
Review by Scott Yanow