Personnel:
Charlie Rouse (ts), Blue Mitchell (tp), Walter Bishop Jr. (p), Earl May (b), Art Taylor (d)
Reference: JW-043 LP
Format: LP / 12" / 33rpm / STEREO
Label: JAZZ WORKSHOP
Catalogue Reference: JW-043
Recording Year: 1960
Country of Pressing: SPAIN
Comments: Sealed New Copy
Reissue of the original Jazzland JLP 919S
Cover Grade: MINT
Vinyl Grade: MINT
Side One:
1. Blue Farouq (Mitchell) 7:24
2. 204 (Weston) 7:24
3. Upptankt (Rouse) 4:42
Side Two
1. Wierdo (Drew) 5:59
2. Pretty Strange (Weston) 5:14
3. They Didn't Believe Me (Kern-Reynolds) 6:52
Originally issued in Stereo on JAZZLAND JLP 919S
Personnel:
CHARLIE ROUSE QUINTET
Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), Blue Mitchell (trumpet), Walter Bishop, Jr. (piano), Earl May (bass), Art Taylor (drums).
All tracks recorded in New York, May 11, 1960
This album produced by Orrin Keepnews
Recording engineer: Jack Higgins
Cover designed by Ken Deardoff
Painting by Gerald Andrea
Photos by Lawrence N. Shustak
Notes written by Orrin Keepnews
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Review:
"Charlie Rouse's debut as a leader (not counting his earlier work co-leading Les Jazz Modes with the great French horn player Julius Watkins) was made for Jazzland. The distinctive tenor saxophonist, who had just started a decade-long stint as a member of the Thelonious Monk Quartet, teams up with trumpeter Blue Mitchell, pianist Walter Bishop, Jr., bassist Earl May, and drummer Art Taylor. Together they perform straight-ahead material including Rouse's own uptempo "Upptankt," the standard "They Didn't Believe Me," and songs by Mitchell, Kenny Drew, and Randy Weston. A fine modern mainstream jam session-flavored set."
Scott Yanow -All Music Guide
