Track Listing 1. Milestones 2. Sweet and Lovely 3. Rounder's Mood 4. Dungeon Waltz 5. Jewel's Tempo 6. Moonlight Becomes You 7. Things Ain't What They Used to Be 8. Blue 'n Boogie
| Details | | Playing Time: | 50 min. | | Producer: | Tom Wilson | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel: Booker Little (trumpet); Calvin Newborn (guitar); Frank Strozier (alto saxophone); George Coleman (tenor saxophone); Louis Smith (trumpet); Phineas Newborn, Jr., Tommy Flanagan, Wynton Kelly (piano); Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Charles Crosby (drums). Liner Note Author: Jon Hendricks. Recording information: Nola Studios, New York, NY (10/1958); Olmssted Studios, New York, NY (10/1958). This CD reissue features trumpeter Booker Little at the beginning of his tragically brief career. The first six selections find the distinctive soloist playing with a quintet also including the young tenor George Coleman, pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Art Davis, and drummer Max Roach (who was his regular employer at the time). Little contributed three now-obscure originals and also plays two standards and an early version of Miles Davis' "Milestones." The remainder of the CD has lengthy versions of "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" and "Blue 'n Boogie" from a jam session that matched Little with fellow Memphis-based players including Coleman, altoist Frank Strozier, and the masterful pianist Phineas Newborn. Overall, this forward-looking hard bop set is easily recommended. ~ Scott Yanow
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