RUBY BRAFF - COMPLETE ORIGINAL QUARTET / QUINTET SESSIONS

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RUBY BRAFF / DAVE McKENNA

COMPLETE ORIGINAL QUARTET / QUINTET SESSIONS

Description:
Although Ruby Braff and Dave McKenna played together on several occasions during their long careers, these two sessions best represent their collective legacy for a number of reasons. It must be said that their recorded collaborations were not as abundant as one might expect. Their two initial sessions together were as sidemen for other musicians: a 1955 date as part of the Benny Goodman septet, and a February 1956 session backing singer Milli Vernon's recording debut. These dates were followed by the two incredible sessions included here. After that, the only known recordings of the Hackett McKenna partnership are a 1961 live recording at Eddie Condon's with Bobby Hackett and Peanuts Hucko, and two 1991 93 double albums with a band including tenor saxophonist Scott Hamilton. The sessions featured on this edition are, thus, their only true small group quartet/quintet recordings and the only instrumental sessions they made at the peak of their careers, in which both musicians can be considered, in a way, session leaders.

Songs:

Personnel

Details:

Dancing In The Dark

Blue Prelude

Why Was I Born?

Blue (And Broken-Hearted)

If I Could Be With You

I'm Crazy About My Baby

Louisiana

It's Wonderful

Almost Like Being In Love

Lover Come Back To Me

I Must Have That Man

As Long As I Live

Blue, Turning Gray Over You

If I Had You

It's Been So Long

I'm Shooting High

Stardust

How Long Has This Been Going On?

Soft Lights And Sweet Music

The Song Is Ended But The Melody Lingers On

Personnel: Dave McKenna, Sam Herman, Al Lucas, Buzzy Drootin, Steve Jordan, Buzzy Drootin, Mundell Lowe, Hank Jones, Leonard Gaskin, Don Lamond

Label:	GAMBIT
Number:	69261
Item Code:	60041
Format:	CD
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Dates:	(1956)
Price:	$17.00
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