RARE 1956 WARNE MARSH QUINTET JAZZ OF TWO CITIES LP
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WARNE MARSH QUINTET
"JAZZ OF TWO CITIES"
ORIGINAL 1956 PRESSING
MICROGROOVE 12" VINYL LP
IMPERIAL RECORDS #9027
CONDITION
(visually graded in accordance with Goldmine standards)
VINYL: VG ; shiny vinyl surface with some very light surface scratches; spindle trails on label.
JACKET: VG+ ; clean, tight cover; minor soiling and wear on the front cover; some wear to back cover.
SONGS
SMOG EYES / EAR CONDITIONING / LOVER MAN / QUINTESSENCE / JAZZ OF TWO CITIES / DIXIE'S DILEMMA / TSCHAIKOWSKY'S OPUS #42, MT. 3 / I NEVER KNEW
MUSICIANS
WARNE MARSH, tenor sax / TED BROWN, tenor sax / RONNIE BALL, piano / BEN TUCKER, bass / JEFF MORTON, drums
A classic album of Tristano-school cool jazz with subtle leanings toward the avant-garde. While this set is not without a number of typical West Coast jazz tendencies (i.e., cool reed tones, a stiff rhythm section, happy-go-lucky heads, etc.), it has an interestingly wide-open and probing vibe. This band was simply bursting with ideas. On "Ear Conditioning," for example, the tenor tandem of Marsh and Ted Brown weaves in and out of the head with the proficiency and grace displayed on Lennie Tristano's "Wow," a tune also featuring Marsh, only with Lee Konitz on alto instead of Brown on tenor. Like "Ear Conditioning," "Smog Eyes" and the title track both employ long and busy heads. In a manner typical of compositions by Tristano's associates, many of these themes are very complicated and take several measures to achieve resolution. That having been said, comparisons to the Tristano Capitol sessions are simply inevitable, as they laid the foundation for everything heard here. To judge the quality of one versus the other, though, is trivial. Jazz of Two Cities has many treasures all of its own.
This is some very fine music by a band with an exceptionally rich collective imagination. It is clear that, in the hands of this combo, every theme is treated like a question with an absolutely limitless amount of harmonic and melodic answers.
This is a scarce original 1955 pressing that is a must have for any cool period jazz aficionado and collector.
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