This 1976 session led by Elvin Jones is a lot of fun, especially with the presence of Clark Terry and James Moody; rounding out the band are alto saxophonist Bunky Green, guitarist Roland Prince, pianist Albert Dailey, bassist David Matthews, and percussionist Angel Allende. Terry's matchless flügelhorn is the highlight of his original happy blues "Tee Pee Music." Green, who has devoted much of his career to being a jazz educator, contributed the challenging "Blues for Clark" and also the wild post-bop "Summit Song," the latter featuring a solo that borders on avant-garde. Duke Ellington's "Jones," a swinging blues that the maestro narrated to describe how to be cool as one listened to live jazz, is recast with a funky swagger, with Moody's smoking tenor sax and some fine call and response between the horns and the bass, though Terry steals the show by alternating back and forth between flügelhorn and muted trumpet. This somewhat obscure date is overdue to be reissued on CD.
Ken DrydenTracklist :
1 Tee Pee Music 8'09
Clark Terry
2 Blues for Clark 5'56
Bunky Green
3 Moody Magic 6'10
Ed Bland
4 Summit Song 10'13
Bunky Green
5 Jones 9'47
Clark Terry
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Bunky Green
Bass – David Williams
Drums – Elvin Jones
Guitar – Roland Prince
Percussion – Angel Allende
Piano – Al Dailey
Tenor Saxophone – James Moody
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Clark Terry
