Hurry On Down, by Benny Waters

Hurry On Down

by Benny Waters

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1.	Hurry On Down 03:59	buy track
2.	Up A Lazy River 08:13	buy track
3.	Topsy 04:09	buy track
4.	Blue Moon 04:33	buy track
5.	On The Sunny Side Of The Street 04:14	buy track
6.	I'm Beginning To See The Light 05:17	buy track
7.	As Time Goes By 04:25	buy track
8.	Lady Be Good 07:13	buy track
9.	Autumn Leaves 07:17	buy track
10.	It Had To Be You 03:55	buy track
11.	Have You Met Miss Jones? 04:35	buy track
12.	Fuzzy Blues 04:29	buy track

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This album will prove a revelation to those who only know of Benny Waters as a footnote in the jazz history books. They will hear a jazz musician whose creative excursions are always inspired, energetic and entertainingly direct. And one who swings magnificently, too. The album's opener, and title track, Hurry On Down (popularised by Nellie Lutcher) spots Benny's knowingly cheeky vocal before featuring some hot alto and a fluent Sealey chorus. The eight-minute version of Lazy River proves to be a marvellous showcase for Benny's clarinet, limpid at slow tempo, hard-edged and passionate in the quicker passages. There's more good alto. As usual, Edgar Battle's Topsy is a swinger, taken here on tenor. Blue Moon is played at a bounce tempo and comes off well. Sunny Side recalls the Hodges alto style and As Time Goes By is slow tenor balladry at its best. See the Light fairly motors along and Lady Be Good is jump tenor, again with a vocal (dig the lyrics!) while Autumn Leaves is taken as a bossa nova, with tenor and alto both featured. Have You Met Miss Jones is relaxed, the tenor warm and luxuriant, before the closer, an understated impromptu blues, breathy tenor to the fore, rounds out a fine set of performances.

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released April 20, 1997

Benny Waters- clarinet, alto/tenorsax, vocal
Paul Sealey - guitar
Erica Howard - bass
John Cox - drums

Recorded April 21 & 28, 1981

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Storyville Records Denmark

Storyville Records is Europe’s oldest independent jazz label. It releases a rich variety of jazz, blues and related musical genres, often accompanied by authoritative notes and rare extras. This iconic label was founded in 1952 in Denmark and today continues to augment its historic catalogue of recordings made by American jazz and blues legends with new releases from contemporary jazz artists. ... more

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