Various Artists - East Coast Jazz Series (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

"East Coast Jazz Series" is a Jazz series produced by Creed Taylor while working for Bethlehem Records, and launched in 1954 "to distinguish the new music emerging in New York from the new jazz in Los Angeles and San Francisco". The series includes individual releases by Bobby Scott, Vinnie Burke, Joe Puma, Herbie Mann, Milt Hinton, Urbie Green, Hal McKusick, Sam Most, Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson. There were nine albums in total.

Though he left performing for composing at the end of the '50s and stayed away many years before returning, Bobby Scott made some entertaining, delightful music. He was a good pianist, effective vocalist, and above average vibist. Scott also played accordion, bass, cello, and clarinet. He studied at the La Follette School of Music in New York City in 1945 with Edvard Moritz, a former Debussy pupil as a child, and was a professional at 11. He was playing with Louis Prima and traveling with veteran musicians at 15. Scott worked with Gene Krupa and Tony Scott (unrelated) in the mid-'50s, and had a pop hit with his version of "Chain Gang." Scott worked at the Cafe Bohemia, and appeared at the Great South Bay Jazz Festival in 1958 and the New Haven Festival of Arts in 1959. He then became a teacher of theory and harmony and resumed his studies with Moritz. But Scott gradually returned to performing and recording. His final album, the Nat King Cole tribute For Sentimental Reasons, was recorded in 1989 and released in 1990, the same year that Scott died of lung cancer at the age of 53. Scott recorded as a leader for Verve, ABC-Paramount, Bethlehem, and Musicmasters. His recordings have been made available during the digital era on such releases as the 2000 Collectables two-fer A Taste of Honey/The Compleat Musician and the 2007 Fresh Sound compilation The Compositions of Bobby Scott.

Tracklist:

01 - Betty
02 - Moon Tan
03 - Aunt Sarah
04 - Cerebellum
05 - Dot

Recorded in NYC, November 1954
Remastered in 2013.

Musicians:
Bobby Scott - piano
Hal McKusick - alto saxophone
Al Epstein - baritone saxophone
Eddie Bert - trombone
Ronnie Woelmer - trumpet
Milt Hinton - bass
Osie Johnson - drums

The loss of the use of a finger altered the direction of Vinnie Burke's career. A onetime violinist and guitarist, after his left pinky knuckle was crushed while working at a munitions factory, he was forced to shift to double bass. In the second half of the 1940s he played with Joe Mooney, Tony Scott, and Cy Coleman. Later, he played with the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, Tal Farlow, Marian McPartland, Don Elliott, Vic Dickenson, Gil Mellé, Bucky Pizzarelli, John Mehegan, Chris Connor, Eddie Costa, and Bobby Hackett. He led his own band in 1956 and led small combos into the 1980s.

Tracklist:

01 - For All We Know
02 - Continental
03 - Yesterdays
04 - Time Out
05 - Softly as a Morning Sunrise
06 - Honeysuckle Rose
07 - Imagination
08 - On the Alamo

Remastered in 2013.

Musicians:
Vinnie Burke - bass
Ronnie Odrich - clarinet
Joe Cinderella - guitar
Don Burns - accordion

Hardly a household name, jazz guitarist Joe Puma had a 50-year career as a sideman for other artists but rarely recorded under his own name. He was a favourite guitarist of Peggy Lee and Tony Bennett but recorded with dozens of other major names in jazz during his career. Puma performs here with Vinnie Burke on bass, Don Elliott on vibes, Barry Galbraith on guitar and drummer Todd Sommer. This album is part of the East Coast Jazz series launched by producer Creed Taylor at Bethlehem Records in 1954 to distinguish the new music emerging in New York from the new jazz in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Tracklist:

01 - Loris
02 - A Little Rainy
03 - What Is There To Say
04 - Hallelujah
05 - How About You
06 - Pumatic
07 - Liza
08 - Moon Song

Remastered in 2013.

Musicians:
Joe Puma - guitar
Barry Galbraith - guitar
Don Elliott - vibraphone
Vinnie Burke - bass
Teddy Sommer - drums

Jazz flute innovator Herbie Mann is the focus of this fourth installment in producer Creed Taylor's East Coast Jazz series, initiated to differentiate the jazz coming out of New York from the jazz being produced in California in the mid-1950s. This 1954 session was Mann's first record as a solo artist, originally issued on 10-inch vinyl.

Mann contributes three original tunes incuding The Purple Grotto, written at the request of New York disc jockey Al "Jazzbo" Collins who was a big fan and wanted Mann to write something "moody and funky".

Tracklist:

01 - Chicken Little
02 - The Things We Did Last Summer
03 - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
04 - After Work
05 - A Spring Morning
06 - My Little Suede Shoes
07 - The Purple Grotto

Remastered in 2013.

Musicians:
Herbie Mann - flute
Benny Weeks - guitar
Keith Hodgson - bass
Lee Rockey - drums

Volume five in Creed Taylor's East Coast Jazz series showcases double bassist Milt Hinton and his quartet: A.J. Sciacca on clarinet, Dick Katz on piano and Osie Johnson on drums. About half the tunes on this 1955 release are original compositions by either Hinton or Katz. Generally a swingin' jam release.

Tracklist:

01 - Mean to Me
02 - Pick 'n' Pat
03 - Over the Rainbow
04 - Milt to the Hilt
05 - Don't Blame Me
06 - Katz' Meow (A Canon for Cats)
07 - Upstairs with Milt
08 - Ebony Silhouette
09 - Cantus Firmus
10 - These Foolish Things

Remastered in 2013.

Musicians:
Milt Hinton - bass
A.J. Sciacca - clarinet
Dick Katz - piano
Osie Johnson - drums

This 1955 release from jazz trombonist Urbie Green is volume six in Creed Taylor's series of music spotlighting some of the best East Coast jazz of the mid-1950s. Green is accompanied here by a fine group of musicians including Danny Bank, Oscar Pettiford, Osie Johnson and Al Cohn, who used the pseudonym Ike Horowitz on the credits.

Tracklist:

01 - Mutation
02 - On Green Dolphin Street
03 - Just One of Those Things
04 - How About You?
05 - When Your Lover Has Gone
06 - Three Little Words
07 - Sneaky Pete
08 - Melody in B Flat
09 - Sassafras
10 - Love Locked Out

Remastered in 2013.

Musicians:
Urbie Green - trombone
Doug Mettome - trumpet
Ike Horowitz - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
Danny Bank - flute, clarinet, baritone saxophone
Jimmy Lyon- piano
Oscar Pettiford - bass
Jimmy Campbell - drums on "2, 4, 9"
Osie Johnson - drums on "1, 3, 5-8, 10"

Trombonists Kai Winding and J.J. Johnson united in 1954 to form the short-lived two-trombone quintet featured on this seventh installment of the East Coast Jazz series. Joining the two trombonists on this session is a rhythm section consisting of Dick Katz on piano, Al Harewood on drums and Milt Hinton and Wendell Marshall sharing bass duties.

Tracklist:

01 - Out of This World
02 - Thou Swell
03 - Lover
04 - Lope City
05 - Stolen Bass
06 - It's Alright with Me
07 - Mad About the Boy
08 - Yes Sir, That's My Baby
09 - That's How I Feel About You
10 - Gong Rock

Remastered in 2013.

Musicians:
Kai Winding - trombone
J.J. Johnson - trombone
Dick Katz - piano
Milt Hinton - bass on "1, 3, 5, 7-10"
Wendell Marshall- bass on "2, 4, 6"
Al Harewood - drums

Sax and clarinet player Hal McKusick is accompanied by guitarist Barry Galbraith, bassist Milt Hinton and drummer Osie Johnson on this 1955 album that comprised volume eight in producer Creed Taylor's East Coast Jazz series. Most of the tunes on this album are originals contributed by the album's arranger Manny Albam.

Tracklist:

01 - Taylor Made
02 - You Don't Know What Love Is
03 - They Can't Take That Away from Me
04 - Lullaby for Leslie
05 - Minor Matters
06 - Blue-Who
07 - By-Ian
08 - What's New
09 - Interwoven
10 - Give 'Em Hal

Remastered in 2013.

Musicians:
Hal McKusick - saxophone, flute
Barry Galbraith - guitar
Milt Hinton - bass
Osie Johnson - drums

The ninth and final album in Bethlehem's East Coast Jazz series, this 1955 release is the only one to carry an official title. Considered one of the best from "the father of bebop flute," the album features Most's sextet of the era: Oscar Pettiford and Burgher Jones sharing bass duties, Marty Flax on baritone, Barry Galbraith on guitar, Billy Triglia on piano and drummers Osie Johnson and Bobby Donaldson. Producer Creed Taylor launched the East Coast Jazz series in 1954 to differentiate the music emerging in New York from the new jazz coming out of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Tracklist:

01 - Cherokee
02 - Don't Worry 'Bout Me
03 - What a Difference a Day Made
04 - How Deep Is the Ocean
05 - Falling in Love with Love
06 - Rose Room
07 - Smiles
08 - Broadway
09 - Tea for Two
10 - Deed I Do

Remastered in 2013.

Musicians:
Sam Most - flute
Marty Flax - baritone saxophone
Billy Triglia - piano
Barry Galbraith - guitar
Burgher Jones - bass
Oscar Pettiford - bass
Bobby Donaldson - drums
Osie Johnson - drums


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