The Curtis Counce Group - Carl's Blues
The album Carl’s Blues is significant because it highlights the unique sound of the Curtis Counce Group, with its smooth, cool feel, and sophisticated harmonic exploration. The band was an important part of the West Coast jazz movement, which contrasted with the more frenetic and aggressive sounds of bebop coming out of New York. However, the musicians on Carl’s Blues were still deeply influenced by the harmonic complexity of bebop, giving the album a blend of cool, relaxed vibes and advanced jazz techniques.
Despite being less commercially famous than some of the bigger names of the era, like Chet Baker or Miles Davis, Curtis Counce and his group were highly respected in the jazz world for their technical proficiency, strong sense of group cohesion, and ability to blend swing with more modern jazz approaches.
Artist(s): Bass - Curtis Counce
Drums _ Frank Butler
Piano - Carl Perkins
Tenor Saxophone - Harold Land
Trumpet - Gerald Wilson (tracks: 5, 7), Jack Sheldon (tracks: 3)
Recording Info: Recorded at Contemporary Records' Studio in Los Angeles: 1957-58
Engineer - Roy DuNann
Producer - Lester Koenig
Sourced from a Contemporary Original pressing
Analog: Transferred using a VPI - HW-40 Anniversary Direct Drive Turntable - Cartridge used Ortofon MC Anna - Merrill Jens Phono Preamp
Digital: Merging Hapi Analog to Digital Converter clocked by an Antelope Audio 10MX Atomic Clock
Power Conditioning: Shunyata Research Everest 8000 for all components
All components grounded to Shunyata ALTAIRA Hubs
1 Pink Lady 4:36
2 I Can't Get Started 7:59
3 Nica's Dream 7:58
4 Love Walked In 4:58
5 Larue 4:59
6 The Butler Did It 4:38
7 Carl's Blues 5:54
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