Ended the week and started the first weekend of the year after a ride on which I saw my first kingfisher of the year with Tranquility an album by American jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz's Quartet recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label

Jason Ankeny of Allmusic states "crafted with startling precision and economy, Tranquility extols the virtues of mood and shape with Talmudic zeal, towering astride thought and expression. ...Rarely is music so profoundly cerebral also so deeply heartfelt" - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy3UK-HdUBc&list=PLRyNJMEq0OwL59Qa8JOsAM_mGYdQecEaV&index=1

#LeeKonitz #Jazz #Music #VerveRecords #BillyBauer #HenryGrimes #DaveBailey #AltoSax

The Big Challenge is an album by trumpeter Cootie Williams and cornetist Rex Stewart, recorded in 1957 and released on the Jazztone label.

Scott Yanow of AllMusic states, "a fun and unusual Jazztone session. Six distinctive and very different veterans were teamed together ... the unique matchups are very successful. Each of the musicians has an opportunity to be featured and the tradeoffs are quite memorable. A colorful gem." - Wikipedia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H93-C-DAIsY&list=PLyHn3f7-9IUI3hzvUsxbAuvQx_ru9WSV7&index=1

#CootieWilliams #RexStewart
#LawrenceBrown #JCHigginbotham
#BudFreeman #ColemanHawkins #BillyBauer HankJones #MiltHinton
#Gus Johnson #ErnieWilkins #jazz #swing #ellington

Portrait of Denzil Best, #BillyBauer, and #ChubbyJackson, #PiedPiper, #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947

#jazz #photography

Portrait of Denzil Best, #BillyBauer, and #ChubbyJackson, #PiedPiper, #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947

#jazz #photography

Portrait of Flip Phillips, #DenzilBest, and #BillyBauer, #PiedPiper, #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947

#jazz #photography