Al COHN 1950-53

COHN'S TONES

Al COHN ts, and (1,2,5,6) INck TRAVIS tp, Horace SILVER p, Curley RUSSELL b, Max ROACH dr, (3,4,7,8) George WALLINGTON p, Tommy POTTER b, Tiny KAHN dr,

Backed by some of the top bop players of the day, Al Cohn stretches out here for a program heavy with up-tempo swingers. Cut in two sessions during 1950 and 1953, Cohn's Tones finds the usually more mellow tenor great feeding off the driving drum work of both Tiny Kahn and Max Roach. Besides the ballad evergreen "How Long Has This Been Going On" and a bluesy "Ah-Moore," the eight-track set is all Cohn originals done in a Lester Young-on-the-West Coast style. Also featuring the talents of pianist Horace Silver, this early Cohn release is at once hot and cool, vigorous and lithe.

To be continued...