MG-20768: Bold Conceptions / Bob James Trio
![[Front Cover]](img/MG20768_Fs.png)
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Label Type : | green Mercury promotional C | |
| Matrix Number : | SIDE-A | MG 20768A M1 II FF | |
| SIDE-B | MG 20768B M1 II FF | ||
Comments
promotional copy with green Mercury label.
Inside The Groove
Bob James' first leader album, and a only date on Mercury label in his earliest era - lyrical, progressive and impressive acoustic trio.
Personal Impression (and brief notes)
Bob James, a famous and defined musician whose sphere of activities include popular, jazz, crossover, movie music and even baroque classical music, started his career with this jazz trio session. Although his current musical interests goes far from straightahead jazz, this album captures one of thrilling jazz date, along with another album recorded in 1965 on ESP label.
Some tunes sounds ordinally jazzy (with reminiscent of Bill Evans), but most of the tunes on this album are free and experimental. A-4 may be the most experimental performance (full of percussive sounds, as well as playing piano strings as percussions). B-4 also sounds very thrilling. A nice Jazz trio album.
Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)
9 out of 10
Track Listing
| SIDE-A | |||
| A-1 | 26391 (PB8913) | A Moment's Notice (Ernie Wilkins) | 3:04 |
| A-2 | 22118 (PB8918) | Nardis (Miles Davis) | 5:27 |
| A-3 | 22117 (PB8917) | The Night We Called It A Day (Matt Dennis & Tom Adair) | 3:41 |
| A-4 | 22121 (PB8921) | Trilogy (Bob James) | 6:41 |
| SIDE-B | |||
| B-1 | 22116 (PB8916) | Quest (Bob James) | 4:06 |
| B-2 | 26390 (PB8912) | My Love from “Candide” (Leonard Bernstein) | 5:11 |
| B-3 | 22114 (PB8914) | Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) (Bart Howard) | 4:39 |
| B-4 | 22115 (PB8915) | Birks' Works (Dizzy Gillespie) | 4:21 |
Personnel
Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)
A-3, B-1, B-3, B-4:
Bob James (p),
Ron Brooks (b),
Bob Pozar (ds).
Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL in August 13 1962.
A-2, A-4:
same personnel as above.
Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL in August 14 1962.
A-1, B-2:
same personnel as above:
Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL in August 15 1962.
Produced by Quincy Jones.
related information
Jackets
| Front | Back |
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![[MG-20768 FRONT]](img/MG20768_F.png) |
![[MG-20768 BACK]](img/MG20768_B.png) |
Labels
| Side A | Side B |
|---|---|
![[MG-20768 A]](img/MG20768A.png) |
![[MG-20768 A]](img/MG20768B.png) |