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Just Be There in Bloomington, MN
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Other than an album in 1966 and a few isolated numbers in 1970, trumpeter
Howard McGhee
made no recordings as a leader during 1963-75. In 1976 he started his final three years of recording activity with a date for Sonet and then this obscure effort for Steeplechase.
McGhee
shows some age in his playing but his crisp sound was still intact as was his bop-oriented style. Recorded in Copenhagen with old friend
Kenny Clarke
on drums, baritonist
Per Goldschmidt
, pianist
Horace Parlan
and bassist
Mads Vinding
, this set features
performing four of his straightahead originals plus
J.J. Johnson's
"Wee Dot."
The spirit of classic bebop is very much alive on this enjoyable set. ~ Scott Yanow
Howard McGhee
made no recordings as a leader during 1963-75. In 1976 he started his final three years of recording activity with a date for Sonet and then this obscure effort for Steeplechase.
McGhee
shows some age in his playing but his crisp sound was still intact as was his bop-oriented style. Recorded in Copenhagen with old friend
Kenny Clarke
on drums, baritonist
Per Goldschmidt
, pianist
Horace Parlan
and bassist
Mads Vinding
, this set features
performing four of his straightahead originals plus
J.J. Johnson's
"Wee Dot."
The spirit of classic bebop is very much alive on this enjoyable set. ~ Scott Yanow
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