Eddie Condon - Town Hall Concerts, Vol. 3 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson capped off his run of five sublime 1960s Blue Note leader dates with his 1966 classic Mode for Joe, an album bursting with vigor and vitality that found Henderson expanding his palette with a septet of colorful figures including Lee Morgan on trumpet, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Bobby Hutcherson on vibraphone, Cedar Walton on piano, Ron Carter on bass, and Joe Chambers on drums. The band delivers six powerful performances, playing with white-hot intensity on Henderson's originals InchA Shade of Jade,Inch Caribbean Fire Dance,Inch and InchGranted,Inch as well as Morgan's swinger InchFree Wheelin'.Inch But it's the remarkable title track by Walton that emerges as the standout of the set, a modal masterpiece where the leader summons one of his most transcendent and visceral solo statements.

2-CD set recorded 1944.

W. Sidney Bechet, Johnny Blowers, Billy Butterfield, Ernie Caceres, Dick Cary, Bob Casey, Hank D'Amico, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey + 2-CD.