Blue Serge/Boston Blow Up [Import]

Blue Serge/Boston Blow Up [Import]

ASIN: B0001J3VGU

Track Listings

1. I've Got The World On A String

2. Thanks For The Memory

3. Goof And I

4. Susie's Blues

5. Handful Of Stars

6. All The Things You Are

7. Stairway To The Stars

8. How About You

9. Mar-Dros

10. Kip

11. Unison

12. Body And Soul

13. Yesterday's Gardenias

14. Bob The Robin

15. What's New

16. Boomareemaroja

17. Diane's Meddley

18. Sergical

19. J. R.

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Blue Serge/Boston Blow Up
Serge Chaloff
Manufacturer: Definitive Spain
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001J3VGU
Release Date: 2004-04-05

Tracks:

I've Got the World on a String
Thanks for the Memory
Goof and I
Susie's Blues
Handful of Stars
All the Things You Are
Stairway to the Stars
How About You
Mar-Dros
Kip
Unison
Body and Soul
Yesterday's Gardenias
Bob the Robin
What's New
Boomareemaroja
Diane's Meddley
Sergical
J. R.

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Long lasting, great music.
Boston Blow Up!
The rewards of discipline.
ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREATS!
Great BeBop with a fresh sound

Boston Blow-Up!
Serge Chaloff
Manufacturer: Blue Note Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000F9RM8Y
Release Date: 2006-05-16

Tracks:

Bob The Robin
Yesterday's Gardenias
Sergical
What's New
Mar-Dros
JR.
Body And Soul
Kip
Dian'es Melody
Unison
Boomareemaroja
Herbs (Long Take)
Herbs (Short Take)

Customer Reviews:

Long lasting, great music........2007-05-22

I first heard this music when 'Bob the Robin' was the theme song of a Boston radio jazz show in the early 1950s.

The music is great, the performances crisp, the whole album will stick in your mind for decades, bringing you joy.

Don't miss it!

Boston Blow Up!.......2007-01-10

Great Bari playing. Glad I found it to add to my library.

The rewards of discipline........2006-09-23

This 1955 Kenton-produced session featuring the nearly forgotten "Bird of the baritone" is quite an eye-opener. First, there are the arrangements. This is not the sound of, say, Blakey's Jazz Messengers "augmented" by a third horn, an addition that does little more than provide extra fire power. Rather it's three horns sounding like a little big band in textures, except that the usual riffs of most big band charts are replaced by continuous, flowing, non-repetitious melodic lines. And at times the ensemble choruses are so carefully balanced and precisely executed that the effect is that of a single solo voice.

The hard life and harder death of Chaloff, a hard-core heroin junkie who kicked the habit only to lose the next battle to spinal cancer, is belied by the expressive delicacy and sheer musicality of his playing. Often referred to as the first modernist on the big horn, preceding Mulligan and Cecil Payne, Chaloff also shows the influence of the old masters (above all, Harry Carney) in his glowing sound, assortment of vibratos and articulations, and attentiveness to nuance, subtlety and variety. As a member of the ensemble, he blends so completely with the other two horns as to be practically invisible, a stark contrast from the overriding buzz saw sounds of Pepper Adams and other recent baritone players who stick out like a sore thumb in such contexts.

Of the three soloists on this recording, Chaloff's is clearly the most distinctive voice, as soulfully rich on the ballads as it is technically fluent on the up-tempo tunes. It would be recklessly irresponsible to declare him without peer on the basis of his limited recorded output, but it would seem just as narrowly insensitive to miss the qualities in his playing that make him unsurpassed on the horn. In fact, it's hard to think of many players who so completely mastered the language of their instrument, then resisted the temptation to employ it for any purpose other than clear, honest, and always fascinating communication.

ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREATS!.......2006-09-22

And that title refers to both the CD and Serge himself. If Serge had never recorded anything else in his life but the two ballads on this recording--"What's New" and "Body and Soul"--it would be enough to put him in the jazz "Hall of Fame." They are magnificent. He remains the standard by which all jazz baritone players should be judged. Yes, I know all about Mulligan and Pepper Adams---and I love 'em both---but Serge was the man. Such passion. I bought the original LP in high school and was awestruck. And don't overlook Herb Pomeroy's great arrangements--esp. "Yesterday's Gardenias." A masterpiece. Buy it!

Great BeBop with a fresh sound.......2006-06-25

Picked this up just cruising through Amazons endless array of Jazz Music.
The melodies flow nicely. Serge Chaloffs barritone sound is fresh and inventive. With Sonny Clark at the piano , Leroy Vinegar on bass and Philly Joe on drums, they give all the great rhythm support needed for this fine recording. Check out Blue Serge while your'e at it.

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