Hal McKusick - Cross Section: Saxes (1958) {Decca Japan, Cardboard Sleeve, UCCC-9104 rel 2004}
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© 1958, 2004 Decca / Verve / Universal Japan | UCCC-9104
Jazz / Cool / Bop / Saxophone / Clarinet
24bit/96kHz digitally remastered reissue. Comes housed in a cardboard sleeve which is a mini replica of the original LP sleeve. Hal McKusick's final recording as a leader mixes three separate sessions with contributions by four great arrangers. The cast of musicians varies from onedate to the next, although McKusick and pianist Bill Evans are present on every track, while Art Farmer, Milt Hinton, and Barry Galbraith also make strong impressions.
This music has held up extremely well over the decades, especially George Russell's forward-thinking treatment of "You're My Thrill" and his sauntering, somewhat atonal, blues "Stratusphunk." Also valuable are the charts by Jimmy Giuffre, George Handy, and Ernie Wilkins. The blend of the saxophones in Handy's upbeat "The Last Day of Fall" almost sound like an accordion. Most of this music was reissued on the CD Now's the Time (1957-1958), although two brilliant arrangements by Jimmy Giuffre ("Yesterdays" and his own "Sing Song") were, unfortunately, omitted from that compilation, making it worth the effort to search for this elusive Decca LP.
Personnel:
(## 3, 7 & 9)
Hal McKusick - bass clarinet & alto saxophone
Art Farmer - trumpet
Bill Evans - piano
Paul Chambers - bass
Connie Kay - drums
Recorded in New York City; March 25, 1958
(## 1, 5, 6 & 10)
Hal McKusick - alto saxophone
Frank Socolow - alto saxophone
Dick Hafer - tenor saxophone
Jay Cameron - baritone saxophon
Bill Evans - piano
Paul Chambers - bass
Connie Kay - drums
Recorded in New York City; March 28, 1958
(## 2, 4 & 8)
Hal McKusick - clarinet & alto saxophone
Art Farmer - trumpet
Barry Galbraith - guitar
Bill Evans - piano
Milt Hinton - bass
Charlie Persip - drums
Recorded in New York City; April 7, 1958
Track Listing:
01 - Whisper Not
02 - You're My Thrill
03 - It Never Entered In My Mind
04 - Stratusphunk
05 - The Last Day Of Fall
06 - Now's The Time
07 - Yesterdays
08 - The End Of A Love Affair
09 - Sing Song
10 - La Rue
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Hal McKusick / Cross Section - Saxes
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EAC extraction logfile from 21. July 2020, 0:09
Hal McKusick / Cross Section - Saxes
Used drive : ATAPI iHAS122 F Adapter: 1 ID: 1
Read mode : Secure
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Read offset correction : 6
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Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
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Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
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1 | 0:00.00 | 3:22.72 | 0 | 15221
2 | 3:22.72 | 4:08.38 | 15222 | 33859
3 | 7:31.35 | 3:53.17 | 33860 | 51351
4 | 11:24.52 | 6:33.63 | 51352 | 80889
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7 | 27:45.62 | 3:48.70 | 124937 | 142106
8 | 31:34.57 | 4:47.10 | 142107 | 163641
9 | 36:21.67 | 2:28.10 | 163642 | 174751
10 | 38:50.02 | 4:13.65 | 174752 | 193791
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