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Nat King Cole, Buddy Rich - Anatomy of a Jam Session - Amazon.com Music
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This is a rare opportunity to hear hugely famous influencers and entertainers of mid 20th Century music actually doing the real work: the kind of stuff that goes on behind the scenes for more hours in their lives than anything else, including sleeping! What we usually see as paying customers is the resultant performance, but this window into the atmosphere of a jam session must be heard. Any instrumentalist who improvises, from whatever genre, and whether they are amateur or professional, will feel right at home with this. They'll be hugely gratified to feel how the special indescribable pleasure and dynamics of jam session is just the same for improvisers the world over regardless of time or greatness. And for everyone - how would you like to go and hang out for an afternoon with Nat King Cole (age 26) and Buddy Rich (age 27). Well You Can ! - "and they'll be just crazy about ya"
For the most part, each of these recording would be fine as a "bonus outtake" of a regular CD. Having only outtakes (though some great moments of musicality do shine through) left me a little disappointed - especially since Black Market Stuff is the first 4 tracks; Laguna Leap is the next 3; I'll Never Be The Same is 2 takes; and Swingin' On Central another 2. Only the last track, Kicks, isn't rehashed. There's very little discussion captured either. Comes with a whopping 3 page booklet.
There are so many things to love about this recording. First is the history. This is the infamous "secret" recording session that almost got Buddy Rich fired from Tommy Dorsey's band because it violated Tommy's recording contract. Certainly not the first or last boss that Buddy would cause to reconsider his employment (this incident is well documented in Mel Torme's bio of Rich). Second is the all-star cast. Nat Cole, who is so often overlooked as a pure jazz pianist in favor of his later fame as a crooner, Buddy Rich; the world's greatest drummer in both a small group and big band setting, and Charlie Shavers, an often underrated swing trumpeter plus Herbie Haymer doing a lot to sound like Chu Berry and John Simmons on bass. And then there's the recording itself full of false starts, alternative takes, dialog between the players and great small swing ensemble performances throughout. Buy it for the history or buy it for the music...but just buy it.
A fascinating look at the creation of a jazz recording circa 1946, before Nat became a household word. Charlie Shavers and Chu Berry are in great company! Fascinating to listen to - I've had this in my collection for more than 30 years and it's a real pleasure to see this on CD. While not "essential" in the desert island sense, it is a great way to hear legendary performers creating music that stills sounds exciting more than 60 years later.
This is a complete record of a session involving five players in the summer of 1945. Since two of the musicians were Nat King Cole and drummer Buddy Rich, the tracks have interest beyond the era in which they were made. No Cole vocals here...just some cool piano playing, and I must say the other three artists are also good. However, unless one is a jazz fanatic or a Cole/Rich "completist" the disc isn't a prize item. The false starts are irritating and add nothing to listening pleasure. FOUR versions in a row of a tune called "Black Market Stuff" seemed two too many for my taste. There are then THREE versions of "Laguna Leap", two of "I'll Never Be the Same" and two more of "Swingin' on Central." The CD concludes with a nearly seven-minute number called "Kicks." This session came as "Swing" was giving way to "Bebop" so it offers a pre-war and a post-war flavor. Nat Cole and Buddy Rich deserve their fame, but "Anatomy of a Jam Session" is more gimmick than glamour in today's market.
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