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Limited translucent gold colored vinyl LP pressing. Charlie Gabriel's first professional gig dates to 1943, sitting in for his father in New Orleans' Eureka Brass Band. As a teenager living in Detroit, Charlie played with Lionel Hampton, whose band then included a young Charles Mingus, later spending nine years with a group led by Cab Calloway drummer J.C. Heard. While he's also fronted a bebop quintet, played and/or toured with Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennet, Aretha Franklin and many more, this is the first time his name appears on the front of a record, as a bandleader. Since 2006, Gabriel has been a member of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Eighty Nine was different, and not simply due to a smaller ensemble. InchWe had no particular plan, or any particular insight on what we were gonna do. But we were enjoying what we were doing, jamming, having a musical conversation,Inch Charlie says, further musing, InchMusical conversations cancel out complications.Inch Eighty Nine includes six standards and three newer pieces on which Gabriel is a writer InchYellow Moon,Inch InchThe Darker It GetsInch and InchI Get Jealous.Inch The record also marks Charlie's return to his first instrument, clarinet, on many of the tracks. Album Tracks 1. Memories of You 2. Chelsea Bridge 3. I'm Confessin' 4. The Darker It Gets 5. Stardust 6. Three Little Words 7. Yellow Moon 8. I Get Jealous
