Ted Brown - Pound Cake - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Tenor saxophinst Ted Brown studied with, and belonged to the coterie of like-thinking players around Lennie Tristano. He recorded with Warne Marsh and Lee Konitz, and recorded under his own name with Warne Marsh and Art Pepper as sidemen. Here, after an eight year recording hiatus, he's in the company of legenday bebop guitar great Jimmy Raney & an all star rhythm section with pianist Hod O'Brien, bassist Buster Williams & drummer Ben Riley. This rare session from 1985, recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's Recording Studio, has 5 alternate takes, and was never released as a CD before. Album Tracks 1. Blimey 2. We'll Be Together Again 3. Lost and Found 4. Sir Felix 5. Instant Blue 6. Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You 7. People Will Say We're in Love 8. Lost and Found 9. We'll Be Together Again 10. Blimey 11. Sir Felix 12. People Will Say We're in Love

Album Tracks 1. Three Little Words 2. Yesterdays 3. The Man I Love 4. Preservation 5. Lover Man 6. Broadway 7. Willow Weep for Me 8. Somebody Loves Me 9. Little Quail

Tenor saxophonist's trio w. Hod O'Brien on piano and Jacques Schols on bass, recorded Oct. 4 & 10, 1987. Album Tracks 1. Relaxin' at Camarillo 2. Darn That Dream 3. Lester Leaps in 4. Trane's Slo Blues 5. Smog Eyes 6. Yardbord Suite 7. Body and Soul 8. Lover Come Back to Me