Horace Parlan - Up & Down (1961) (RVG)

Horace Parlan - Up & Down (1961)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 375MB

Blue Note | RVG 24-bit remaster 2008

Allmusic:
By adding guitarist Grant Green and tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin to his standard rhythm section of bassist George Tucker and drummer Al Harewood, pianist Horace Parlan opens up his sound and brings it closer to soul-jazz on Up and Down. Green's clean, graceful style meshes well with Parlan's relaxed technique, while Ervin's robust tone and virile attack provides a good contrast to the laid-back groove the rhythm section lays down. Stylistically, the music is balanced between hard bop and soul-jazz, which are tied together by the bluesy tint in the three soloists' playing. All of the six original compositions give the band room to stretch out and to not only show off their chops, but move the music somewhat away from generic conventions and find new territory. In other words, it finds Parlan at a peak, and in many ways, coming into his own as a pianist and a leader.

Tracks
-1. "The Book's Beat" (Booker Ervin) - 9:50
-2. "Up and Down" (Horace Parlan) - 6:11
-3. "Fugee" (George Tucker) - 7:04
-4. "The Other Part of Town" (Grant Green) - 11:41
-5. "Lonely One" (Babs Gonzales) - 4:06
-6. "Light Blue" (Tommy Turrentine) - 6:04
-7. "Fugee" [alternate take] (Tucker) - 7:01
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on June 18, 1961

Personnel
* Horace Parlan - piano
* Booker Ervin - tenor saxophone
* Grant Green - guitar
* George Tucker - bass
* Al Harewood - drums

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