FOUR ALTOS_Phil Woods - Sahib Shihab - Gene Quill - Hal Stein
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
- 1. Pedal Eyes, solo : shihab - stein(3) - woods - quill - waldron
2. Kinda Kanonic, solo : quill - woods - stein - shihab
3. Don't Blame Me, solo : quill - woods, stein - shihab
4. Staggers, solo : waldron - shihab - woods - stein - quill
I studied under Hal Stein in the 1980’s in Oakland. He had regular gigs locally with pianist Al Plank. He told me about his time in the U.S. Army in occupied Japan as well as being a musician in the early days of Las Vegas. A great guy.
Regarding this album - I don’t remember which tracks, but he said the pressed recording was the sixth or seventh take, and by then the spontaneity was missing from the soloing.
Hi! I probably don't know you since I moved to NYC in 1981, but I'm Hal's daughter. He wrote Kinda Kanonic, the second song you feature here (the first on side 2 of the lp). Glad you concur that he was a great guy ;) He'd never mentioned to me the business about the number of recorded take use and the lack of spontaneity, thanks for sharing that information. Among his interesting experiences in Japan was the time he spent touring the island in 1952 or 1953 with Toshiko Akiyoshi's combo during the Korean war, when she was starting out--she turned 22 in 1952, so it was quite an accomplishment for a woman in jazz to be leading her own band at that time (and for a long time after), much less at such a tender age, and to have gotten a countrywide tour. I've never met her, but she must be a force to be reckoned with. The tour lasted quite a while--I'm not certain, I think he may have said it was over the course of 8 months--he must have gone back and forth from the base to play with her. This was before she was known in America.
Thank you for this nostalgic and valuable story.
Wait, hold on... I have this album and it's nearly 40 minutes long -- how is this upload 27 minutes long?? Guess I'll have to listen through to see what's missing.
Because it's only got 4 of the 6 tunes: it's missing Kokochee and No More Nights.
@@jenniestein Nice to meet you! If the recording time exceeds 30 minutes, it is often blocked. In fact, INSIDE HIFI, which was uploaded right after 4ALTO, has already been blocked.
38:11-6:25-4:53=27:11
The cover photo is posted to show that several songs are uploaded from this LP. Thank you for your understanding.