Artist: Bud Shank & Bob Cooper | Album: Mosaic Select 10 | Released: 2004 | Genre: Jazz

For hardcore West Coast jazz fans, this Mosaic Select volume will be a kind of treasure-trove, though for most it will simply be a compelling curiosity piece. The collaborations of saxophonist and flutist Bud Shank and arranger, saxophonist, and oboist Bob Cooper created some tumult in the mid-1950s, when they recorded four albums together with various-sized ensembles, and, to a lesser degree, on Shank’s date with Bob Brookmeyer arranged by Cooper. All tolled, there are five albums on these three discs: Bud Shank and Bob Brookmeyer (along with the session’s remaining tracks that showed up on Bud Shank and Three Trombones on Pacific Jazz), Jazz at Cal-Tech (Pacific Jazz), Flute and Oboe (World Pacific), Swing’s to TV, as well as the cuts from Jazz Swings Broadway (World Pacific) and of course, the classic, Blowin’ Country (World Pacific). The quark strangeness and charm of these recordings cannot be underestimated, and neither can their swing. With sidemen like pianist Claude Williamson, drummers Chuck Flores or Shelly Manne, bassist Don Prell and others, these dates have a kind of quaintness that dates them in that restless yet ultra-hip period in the 1950s when almost anything went as long as it swung, and that stood outside the entire hard bop scene. These sides are not for everyone, but they are priceless for the sheer sophistication and adventurousness of their arrangements and the interplay between Shank and Cooper, which was symbiotic. A very fine idea by the folks at Mosaic.

Tracklisting:

Disc 1 (01:15:29)

01. Valve Head (03:15)
02. Cool Fool (03:25)
03. Little Girl Blue (03:20)
04. Mobile (02:47)
05. Wailing Vessel (02:45)
06. Baby’s Birthday Party (02:50)
07. You Don’t Know What Love Is (04:20)
08. Sing Something Simple (02:39)
09. Wailing Vessel (Alternate Take) (02:43)
10. When The Lights Are Low (Live) (07:39)
11. Old Devil Moon (Live) (06:51)
12. The Nearness Of You (Live) (04:20)
13. Medley: How Long Has This Been Going On / Tea For Two (Live) (05:14)
14. Lullaby Of Birdland (Live) (04:18)
15. Somebody Loves Me (Live) (05:48)
16. Moonlight In Vermont (Live) (06:34)
17. The King (Live) (06:41)

Disc 2 (01:13:19)

01. Low Life (03:58)
02. When Your Lover Has Gone (02:58)
03. Out Of This World (03:14)
04. Ther’s A Small Hotel (02:40)
05. Rustic Hop (04:15)
06. You Are Too Beautiful (04:03)
07. With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair (05:11)
08. Low Life (Alternate Take) (03:59)
09. Dinah (03:21)
10. Mutual Admiration Society (03:49)
11. Steve Allen Theme (04:11)
12. I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face (02:45)
13. Blowin’ Country (06:18)
14. Love Nest (03:16)
15. As Long As There’s Music (03:44)
16. Just In Time (03:45)
17. Two Lost Souls (03:48)
18. Thanks For The Memory (04:31)
19. A Romantic Guy, I (03:33)

Disc 3 (56:25)

01. Sweet Georgia Brown (03:44)
02. Gypsy In My Soul (03:27)
03. I Want To Be Happy (02:35)
04. What’ll I Do? (02:48)
05. They Didn’t Believe Me (04:44)
06. In The Blue Of The Evening (03:38)
07. Tequila Time (04:22)
08. I Can’t Get Started (04:18)
09. Blues For Delilah (07:03)
10. Sunset And Wine (04:14)
11. When You Wish Upon A Star (04:20)
12. Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day) (03:08)
13. Tenderly (02:54)
14. Danny Boy (Londonberry Air) (05:10)

Total length: 03:25:13

Single download
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Valve Head 03:15
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Cool Fool 03:25
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Little Girl Blue 03:20
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Mobile 02:47
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Wailing Vessel 02:45
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Baby’s Birthday Party 02:50
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – You Don’t Know What Love Is 04:20
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Sing Something Simple 02:39
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Wailing Vessel Alternate Take
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – When The Lights Are Low Live
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Old Devil Moon Live
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – The Nearness Of You Live
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Medley: How Long Has This Been Going On / Tea For Two Live
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Lullaby Of Birdland Live
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Somebody Loves Me Live
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Moonlight In Vermont Live
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – The King Live
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Low Life 03:58
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – When Your Lover Has Gone 02:58
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Out Of This World 03:14
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Ther’s A Small Hotel 02:40
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Rustic Hop 04:15
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – You Are Too Beautiful 04:03
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair 05:11
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Low Life Alternate Take
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Dinah 03:21
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Mutual Admiration Society 03:49
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Steve Allen Theme 04:11
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face 02:45
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Blowin’ Country 06:18
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Love Nest 03:16
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – As Long As There’s Music 03:44
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Just In Time 03:45
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Two Lost Souls 03:48
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Thanks For The Memory 04:31
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – A Romantic Guy, I 03:33
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Sweet Georgia Brown 03:44
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Gypsy In My Soul 03:27
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – I Want To Be Happy 02:35
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – What’ll I Do? 02:48
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – They Didn’t Believe Me 04:44
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – In The Blue Of The Evening 03:38
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Tequila Time 04:22
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – I Can’t Get Started 04:18
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Blues For Delilah 07:03
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Sunset And Wine 04:14
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – When You Wish Upon A Star 04:20
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Put Your Dreams Away For Another Day
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Tenderly 02:54
Bud Shank & Bob Cooper – Danny Boy Londonberry Air

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