(Mainstream Jazz) Mel Henke Quartet - Shock Treatment (2CD) - 2008, MP3, 320 kbps

Продолжительность: 45:58
Треклист:
01. Dream A Little Dream Of Me (3:42)
02. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (3:05)
03. Sentimental Journey (2:34)
04. Frankie & Johnny (3:45)
05. Where Or When (5:02)
06. Sleepy Time Down South (4:52)
07. The Man I Love (5:50)
08. Ain't Misbehavin' (3:16)
09. Kammenoi Ostrow (3:54)
10. Four Deuces (2:59)
11. Nola (3:34)
12. Liza (3:25)
Personnel:
Mel Henke - p
Bill Newman - g
Bob Reed - b
Lou Singer - d
Rec.: Hollywood, CA, November 15 & 19, 1954.
Original issue as Dig Mel Henke (Contemporary C5001)

#777Продолжительность: 39:55
Треклист:
01. In A Little Spanish Town (3:33)
02. Little Rock Getaway (2:21)
03. Mean To me (3:29)
04. Toccata (2:27)
05. Stardust (3:35)
06. Turkey In The Straw (1:31)
07. Shock Treatment (2:23)
08. Pennies From heaven (2:28)
09. Tea For Two (3:42)
10. I Surrender Dear (4:26)
11. Cocky Coo-Coo Clock (2:29)
12. In A Mist (4:27)
13. Frenzied Flight (3:04)
Personnel:
Mel Henke - p
Bill Newman - g
Bob Reed - b
Shelly Manne - d (1-3, 6-8, 10-13)
Sammy Weiss - d (4, 5, 9)
Rec.: Hollywood, CA, October 4 (#1, 2, 6), 5 (#3, 7, 8, 10-12) and 10 (#4, 5, 9, 13), 1955.
Original issue as Now Spin This! (Contemporary C5003)

About the things I play: Id say my treatment of tunes should be classed as repertoire rather than a particular jazz style. This is probably due to the fact that years ago when I first started to play jazz, I would imitate various jazz greats such as Earl Hines, Tatum, and Cleo Brown. (She was the first musician Id ever heard who played eight-beat piano.) With imitation we can come close but we never really achieve what we try to achieve by imitation, at least I didnt. So I started to develop each tune as an individual composition rather than trying to play every tune in the same style. I had the best luck with this kind of approach, and now I have a repertoire built up over twenty years Incidentally, I usually write the piano parts out note for note even though when I play I never work from the music. This is a kick I got on years ago. I think we get the sound we do because a lot of our stuff is worked out carefully. It isnt what youd call free improvisation.