180 Gram Mono Vinyl! Re-mastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering! A Union of Two Distinctly Different Mannerisms! Pressed at Pallas in Germany!
The twin tenor sax tradition yielded grand pairings with the likes of Wardell Gray and Dexter Gordon, Arnett Cobb and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt, and Al Cohn and Zoot Sims. This one-shot teaming of Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette brought forth a union of two distinctly different mannerisms within the mainstream jazz continuum.
Rouse, who would go on to prolific work with Thelonious Monk and was at this time working with French horn icon Julius Watkins, developed a fluid signature sound that came out of the more strident and chatty style heard here. By this time in 1957, Quinichette, nicknamed the Vice Prez for his similar approach to Lester Young, was well established in the short term with Count Basie. His liquid, full-bodied, soulful tone became an undeniable force, albeit briefly, before he dropped out of the scene shortly after this date to be an electrical engineer.
Working with standards, there's a tendency for them to play the head arrangements in unison, but then one of them on occasion plays an off-the-cuff short phrase that strays from the established melodic path. They also seem to do a hard bop jam, then a ballad, and back to hard swinging. The title track is simply a killer, a perfect fun romp of battling duelists, and one that you'd like to hear in any nightclub setting.
Some slight harmonic inserts set "This Can't Be Love" apart from the original and "The Things I Love" displays the two tenors at their conversational best, while the lone original, "Knittin'," is a fundamental 12-bar swing blues, straight up and simple but with some subtle harmonic nuances.
The rhythm section of pianist Wynton Kelly, bass player Wendell Marshall, and drummer Ed Thigpen do their usual yeoman job. But on two tracks, pianist Hank Jones and rhythm guitarist Freddie Green take over, and the sound of the band changes dramatically to the more sensitive side on a low-down version of "When the Blues Come On" and the good-old basic vintage swinger "You're Cheating Yourself."
The combination of Rouse and Quinichette was a very satisfactory coupling of two talented and promising post-swing to bop individualists, who played to all of their strengths and differences on this worthy -- and now legendary -- session. - by Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide
Recorded in New York City, on August 29: A 1,3,4 & B 2, 3, 4 and September 8: A 2 & B 1, 1957.
Features:
180 Gram Vinyl
Pressed at Pallas in Germany
Mono
Re-mastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London
Musicians:
Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone
Paul Quinichette, tenor saxophone
Wynton Kelly, piano (A 1, 3, 4; B 6, 7, 8)
Hank Jones, piano (A 2; B 1)
Wendell Marshall, bass
Ed Thigpen, drums
Freddie Green, guitar (A 2; B1)
Selections:
Side A:
1. The Chase Is On
2. When The Blues Come On
3. This Can't Be Love
4. Last Time For Love
Side B:
1. You're Cheating Yourself
2. Knittin'
3. Tender Trap
4. The Things I Love
The twin tenor sax tradition yielded grand pairings with the likes of Wardell Gray and Dexter Gordon, Arnett Cobb and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt, and Al Cohn and Zoot Sims. This one-shot teaming of Charlie Rouse and Paul Quinichette brought forth a union of two distinctly different mannerisms within the mainstream jazz continuum.
Rouse, who would go on to prolific work with Thelonious Monk and was at this time working with French horn icon Julius Watkins, developed a fluid signature sound that came out of the more strident and chatty style heard here. By this time in 1957, Quinichette, nicknamed the Vice Prez for his similar approach to Lester Young, was well established in the short term with Count Basie. His liquid, full-bodied, soulful tone became an undeniable force, albeit briefly, before he dropped out of the scene shortly after this date to be an electrical engineer.
Working with standards, there's a tendency for them to play the head arrangements in unison, but then one of them on occasion plays an off-the-cuff short phrase that strays from the established melodic path. They also seem to do a hard bop jam, then a ballad, and back to hard swinging. The title track is simply a killer, a perfect fun romp of battling duelists, and one that you'd like to hear in any nightclub setting.
Some slight harmonic inserts set "This Can't Be Love" apart from the original and "The Things I Love" displays the two tenors at their conversational best, while the lone original, "Knittin'," is a fundamental 12-bar swing blues, straight up and simple but with some subtle harmonic nuances.
The rhythm section of pianist Wynton Kelly, bass player Wendell Marshall, and drummer Ed Thigpen do their usual yeoman job. But on two tracks, pianist Hank Jones and rhythm guitarist Freddie Green take over, and the sound of the band changes dramatically to the more sensitive side on a low-down version of "When the Blues Come On" and the good-old basic vintage swinger "You're Cheating Yourself."
The combination of Rouse and Quinichette was a very satisfactory coupling of two talented and promising post-swing to bop individualists, who played to all of their strengths and differences on this worthy -- and now legendary -- session. - by Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide
Recorded in New York City, on August 29: A 1,3,4 & B 2, 3, 4 and September 8: A 2 & B 1, 1957.
Features:
180 Gram Vinyl
Pressed at Pallas in Germany
Mono
Re-mastering by Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London
Musicians:
Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone
Paul Quinichette, tenor saxophone
Wynton Kelly, piano (A 1, 3, 4; B 6, 7, 8)
Hank Jones, piano (A 2; B 1)
Wendell Marshall, bass
Ed Thigpen, drums
Freddie Green, guitar (A 2; B1)
Selections:
Side A:
1. The Chase Is On
2. When The Blues Come On
3. This Can't Be Love
4. Last Time For Love
Side B:
1. You're Cheating Yourself
2. Knittin'
3. Tender Trap
4. The Things I Love
