Continental Sessions Vol. 3, by Leonard Feather

Continental Sessions Vol. 3

by Leonard Feather

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1.	The Walk 03:03	buy track
2.	Heard But Not Seen 02:43	buy track
3.	Azure 02:47	buy track
4.	Bouncing For Barney 02:59	buy track
5.	Scram 03:06	buy track
6.	Esquire Stomp 02:56	buy track
7.	Esquire Jump 02:46	buy track
8.	Thanks For The Memory 03:09	buy track
9.	Bedroom Blues 02:25	buy track
10.	Living Room Romp 02:43	buy track
11.	Kitchen Conniption 02:35	buy track
12.	Bathroom Blues 02:36	buy track
13.	What More Can A Woman Do? 03:04	buy track
14.	I'd Rather Have A Memory Than A Dream 02:44	buy track
15.	Mean To Me 02:42	buy track
16.	Signing Off 02:41	buy track
17.	Interlude 02:32	buy track
18.	No Smokes 02:25	buy track
19.	East Of The Sun 02:56	buy track
20.	Eddie South Blues 02:36	buy track
21.	Twelve O'Clock At Night 02:57	buy track
22.	Swinging The Blues 02:40	buy track
23.	I Can't Give You Anything But Love 02:27	buy track
24.	(She's) He's Funny that Way 02:52	buy track
25.	D.D.T. 02:59	buy track
26.	D.D.T. (alternate take) 02:49	buy track
27.	Rhumba Re-Bop 02:50	buy track
28.	Blues At Mary Lou's 02:50	buy track

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Two of the groups on this CD were existing bands (Eddie South, Mary Lou Williams); the other four were specially assembled for the Continental Records recording sessions. The music (28 numbers – 78 min.) was recorded in the Continental studios in 1944-46. The musicians – and the music – blends the best of the swing era with the best of the new emerging bebop era in jazz, and includes Sarah Vaughan’s first recordings in her own name. Leonard Feather’s All Stars were assembled from winners of the Esquire Jazz Poll and included trumpet star Buck Clayton, trad jazz clarinet master Edmond Hall and tenor giant Coleman Hawkins, as well as bop jazz bassist Oscar Pettiford. At this time in the mid-forties, both drummer J.C. Heard and pianist Mary Lou Williams were excellent examples of musicians who were stars in both the swing and bebop era, while trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker were just getting established as the creators of bebop. While there are many highpoints on this 78-minute CD, some of the best are Sarah Vaughan’s wonderful young voice on ”Mean To Me”, and Coleman Hawkins’ tenor sax on ”Thanks For the Memory”. In its short life, Continental Records was successful in bringing together the top names in swing and bebop for some very exciting sessions, as this CD – and the previous two CDs in this series – happily reveals.

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released April 13, 2020

J.C. HEARD AND HIS ORCHESTRA (tracks 1-4):
George Treadwell (tp)
Dickie Harris (tb)
Budd Johnson (ts)
Jimmy Jones (p)
Al McKibbon (b)
J.C. Heard (dr)
Recorded in New York, March 20, 1946

LEONARD FEATHER ALL STARS (tracks 5-8):
Buck Clayton (tp)
Edmond Hall (cl)
Coleman Hawkins (ts)
Leonard Feather (p)
Remo Palmiero (g)
Oscar Pettiford (b)
Carl Powell (b) (only 5 & 6)
Specs Powell (dr)
Recorded in New York, December 1, 1944

LEONARD FEATHER & DAN BURLEY (tracks 9-12):
Leonard Feather & Dan Burley (p)
Tiny Grimes (g)
Jack Lesberg (b)
Morey Feld (dr)
Recorded in New York, January 1, 1945

SARAH VAUGHAN (tracks 13-15):
Sarah Vaughan (vo)
Dizzy Gillespie (tp)
Charlie Parker(as)
Flip Phillips (ts)
Nat Jaffe (p)
Tad Dameron (p-14)
Bill DeArango (g)
Curley Russell (b)
Max Roach (dr)
Recorded in New York, May 25, 1945

SARAH VAUGHAN (track 16-19):
Sarah Vaughan (vo)
Dizzy Gillespie (tp, p-18 & 19)
Aaron Sachs (cl)
Georgie Auld (ts)
Leonard Feather (p-16 & 17)
Chuck Wayne (g)
Jack Lesberg (b)
Morey Feld (dr)
Recorded in New York, December 31, 1944

EDDIE SOUTH TRIO (tracks 20-23):
Eddie South (v & vo)
Don Abney or Hank Jones (p)
Leonard Gaskin (b)
Probably recorded in New York, January 11, 1947

MARY LOU WILLIAMS GIRL STARS (tracks 24-28):
Majorie Hyams (vib)
Mary Lou Williams (p)
Mary Osborne (g & vo-24)
Bea Taylor (b)
Bridget O'Flynn (dr)
Recorded in New York, 1945

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