MG-36124: Chamblee Music / Eddie Chamblee

	Label Type :	blue EmArcy type C
	Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	MG-36124A-1    MSI    M    A
		SIDE-B	MG-36124B-1    MSI    M    A

Comments

Later reissued as Mercury MG-20558 (mono) and Mercury SR-60127 (stereo).

with original EmArcy inner sleeve.

Inside The Groove

Eddie Chamblee's first full-length album as a leader.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Every tune is not so long enough to blow and honk hard for Chamblee: this recording was not blowing session by small combo, but by sophisticated septet.

But for Chamblee himself, you can hear his own voice of tenor saxophone as a awesome honker, famous bandman, a great sideman. Listen to his blow and swing on "Flat Beer" and "Chamblee Special", his own writings. Enjoy funny arrangement of "Tea For Two" or "Without A Song". It's all impressive. I like 'em all. However, remember that his best artistry(?) as a super-bad honker can be heard on his Prestige LP “Rockin' Tenor Sax of Eddie Chamblee”.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

7 out of 10

Track Listing

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

“Recorded at Mercury Sound Studio, NYC” according to the Ruppli's discography, but the correct place should be “Fine Sound Studios, NYC”.

Judging from the master numbers, the session including A-3 was made between October 1 and October 4.

A-3, A-4, B-1, B-2, B-4:
Johnny Coles (tp), Julian Priester (tb), Eddie Chamblee (ts), Charlie Davis (bs),
Jack Wilson (p) Richard Evans (b), Charlie Persip (ds).
Recorded at Find Sound Studios, New York City in October 1957.

A-1, A-2, A-5, B-3:
same personnel as A-3, except:
Joe Newman (tp) replaces Johnny Coles;
Osie Johnson (ds) replaces Charlie Persip.
Recorded at Find Sound Studios, New York City on October 5, 1957.

The Artist Also Appears on...

Jackets

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Labels

Side A	Side B

Inner Sleeve

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