Wardell Gray Story

Wardell Gray - Wardell Gray Story

Wardell Gray Story
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Artist: Wardell Gray
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2003-02-24
Music Label: Proper Box UK
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. At the el Grotto
  2. Straight Life
  3. Let's Get Started
  4. Bamby
  5. Blue Keys
  6. Dell's Bells
  7. One for Prez
  8. Man I Love
  9. Easy Swing
  10. Great Lie, Pts. 1 and 2
  11. Blue Lou
  12. Backbreaker
  13. She's Got Blues for Sale
  14. Groovin' High
  15. Hot House
  16. Bebop
Music CD 2
  1. Chase
  2. Creep
  3. Out of Nowhere
  4. Blue 'N' Boogie
  5. Semi-Quiet (Sonny's Bop)
  6. Blue Lou
  7. How High the Moon
  8. C Jam Blues
  9. Light Gray
  10. Stoned
  11. Matter and Mind
  12. Toupe
  13. Cookin' on Up
  14. Swedish Pastry
  15. Mary's Idea
  16. Bye Bye Blues Bop
  17. Stealin' Apples
  18. Jahbero
  19. Ladybird
  20. Symphonette
  21. Shawn
  22. Hucklebuck
Music CD 3
  1. Five Star
  2. Sugar Hill Bop
  3. In a Pinch
  4. It's the Talk of the Town
  5. Bedlam
  6. In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee
  7. Blue Lou
  8. Egg Head
  9. Twisted
  10. Southside
  11. Easy Living
  12. Sweet Lorraine
  13. Sinner Kissed an Angel
  14. Blue Gray
  15. Grayhound
  16. Treadin' With Treadwell
  17. Scrapple from the Apple
  18. Song of the Islands
  19. One O'Clock Jump
  20. Tootsie
  21. Nails
  22. Little Pony
  23. April Skies
Music CD 4
  1. Bright Boy
  2. Jackie
  3. Farmer's Market
  4. Sweet and Lovely
  5. Lover Man
  6. Jeep Is Jumpin'
  7. Johnny Come Lately
  8. Punkin'
  9. Rubaiyat
  10. I Hear You Knockin'
  11. Jingle, Jangle, Jump
  12. Citizen's Bop
  13. Bernie's Tune
  14. Squirrel
  15. Taking a Chance on Love
  16. Get Happy

Music reviews of Wardell Gray Story

Music Review: Nobody Swung More than Wardell Gray
Rating: 5 Stars

Wardell Gray was acknowledged to be one of the finest tenor saxophonists in jazz. He arrived as a 21-year old soloist in the Earl Hines big band of 1944-5. His style is firmly rooted in Lester Young, but his sound is all his own. His style resembles Dexter Gordon, but Dexter was closer to Parker, while Gray is closer to Young. His sound is full and rich and he swings hard. Like Young he has the ability to build solos of incredible drive through the use of memorable riffs. His ballad playing is haunting and memorable.

He was a regular participant in concerts staged by Gene Norman.
These were free-swinging jam sessions that placed a premium on on-the-spot improvisation. With the likes of Sonny Criss, Al Killian and Dodo Marmarosa these were very exciting affairs.
There's lots of this stuff here, much of it quite rare.

Gray's first solos with the Hines band of 1945 are here. The band sounds great, and the solo work is terrific.

The 1946 quartet sides with pianist Dodo Marmarosa are phenomenal. Their ballad paraphrase of the Man I Love is brilliant.

Gray's big brush with fame came as Benny Goodman's featured soloist in the 1948 "bebop" band. All the Capitol sides are here, including "Stealin Apples" with Fats Navarro. Gray is also heard with the Tadd Dameron band, again with Navarro.
The rare "Clique Club" recordings with Goodman, clarinet sensation Stan Hasselgard, Teddy Wilson and Mary Lou Williams are also here.

Of course, Gray's biggest hit "Twisted" is here. The Prestige stuff with Al Haig, and the Art Farmer Hampton Hawes recordings are here. This is where this set ends, circa 1953. Gray did record some later stuff that is not here, he died in 1956, but what is here is marvellous.

Gray plays superbly throughout. The sound is good. Much of this material has not been available for years, if ever. This is a real feast for tenor-lovers. I have played this package constantly since I got it, and recommend it highly.


Description of Wardell Gray Story

This 77 track celebration of the man's art is the most complete in the marketplace and comes with a 40 page booklet telling the story of one of the truly great bebop tenor saxophonists and including session details and rare photos. Four standard jewel cases housed in cardboard slipbox. Proper. 2003.

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