Reissued On Blue Vinyl LP!
Al Cohn first sprung on the national scene as one of the saxophonists on the Woody Herman hit "Four Brothers," a crazy arrangement of "Jeepers Creepers" featuring each "brother" on a wild-and-crazy swingin' sax solo. Along with fellow "brother" Zoot Sims, Cohn became one of New York's leading sax men, forming with Sims a quintet that played in the hot beatnik jazz scene of the day, even backing up Jack Kerouac on a few poetry recordings.
Cohn on the Saxophone finds our man Cohn taking the lead on a series of great jazz standards. Al's sax voice on this session is smooth, lyrical; almost like he's talking to you or telling a story. Dig his smooth, supple playing on "We Three," or the gorgeously blue-toned notes he hits on "Singing The Blues" -- Cohn is very much a man at home with his instrument, and the band lays back and lets him spin his tales.
When Cohn on the Saxophone was released, Downbeat magazine gave it the prestigious and rare five-star rating -- and almost 60 years down the pike it still sounds as vital and delicious as it did when it was released. This lost jazz classic is finally yours to enjoy again, pressed onto blue vinyl, and neatly slid into a beautifully restored package. Only on Modern Harmonic!
Features:
Blue Vinyl
Musicians:
Al Cohn, tenor saxophone
Hank Jones, piano
Osie Johnson, drums
Milt Hinton, bass
Frank Rehak, trombone
Selections:
Side 1:
1. We Three
2. Idaho
3. The Things I Love
4. Singing The Blues
5. Be Loose
Side 2:
1. When Day Is Done
2. Good Old Blues
3. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
4. Abstract of You
5. Blue Lou
Al Cohn first sprung on the national scene as one of the saxophonists on the Woody Herman hit "Four Brothers," a crazy arrangement of "Jeepers Creepers" featuring each "brother" on a wild-and-crazy swingin' sax solo. Along with fellow "brother" Zoot Sims, Cohn became one of New York's leading sax men, forming with Sims a quintet that played in the hot beatnik jazz scene of the day, even backing up Jack Kerouac on a few poetry recordings.
Cohn on the Saxophone finds our man Cohn taking the lead on a series of great jazz standards. Al's sax voice on this session is smooth, lyrical; almost like he's talking to you or telling a story. Dig his smooth, supple playing on "We Three," or the gorgeously blue-toned notes he hits on "Singing The Blues" -- Cohn is very much a man at home with his instrument, and the band lays back and lets him spin his tales.
When Cohn on the Saxophone was released, Downbeat magazine gave it the prestigious and rare five-star rating -- and almost 60 years down the pike it still sounds as vital and delicious as it did when it was released. This lost jazz classic is finally yours to enjoy again, pressed onto blue vinyl, and neatly slid into a beautifully restored package. Only on Modern Harmonic!
Features:
Blue Vinyl
Musicians:
Al Cohn, tenor saxophone
Hank Jones, piano
Osie Johnson, drums
Milt Hinton, bass
Frank Rehak, trombone
Selections:
Side 1:
1. We Three
2. Idaho
3. The Things I Love
4. Singing The Blues
5. Be Loose
Side 2:
1. When Day Is Done
2. Good Old Blues
3. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
4. Abstract of You
5. Blue Lou
