Feb 15, 2010

Duke Pearson - Angel Eyes

A rare pre-Blue Note session from Duke Pearson -- very mellow, very soulful, and with a quality that's unlike most of his later work! The album's a trio side, recorded for the Jazzline label, and it features Pearson on piano, Thomas Howard on bass, and Lex Humphries on drums -- the last of whom brings in some wonderfully lyrical lines on the kit, very much in the manner of the free, dancing rhythms used on records with Donald Byrd. Pearson's piano has a sharper edge than usual -- these dark, moody tones that are totally great -- almost a rougher version of his later sound, with a great sense of depth. Bob Cranshaw's bass and Walter Perkins' drums are featured on one number -- and titles include a killer take on "Jeannine", plus "Say You're Mine", "Le Carrousel", "Bags Groove", and "Exodus". Plus the CD features 3 alternate bonus takes!

barabara sounds sez:
I'm with dusty on that. Top sound quality — it's another high-quality Japanese CD reissue — plus you have to love that album cover.

Track listing: 1. Bags' Groove; 2. Le Carrousel; 3. Angel Eyes; 4. I'm An Old Cow Hand; 5. Jeannine; 6. Say You're Mine; 7. Exodus; 8. Le Carrousel (alternate take); 9. I'm An Old Cow Hand (alternate take); 10. Say You're Mine (alternate take)

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

And remember, it's comments that make the blog-o-world go round...
enjoy!

http://www.mediafire.com/?nowjnnhjemz

Wallofsound said...

Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this. Duke Pearson was the only pianist to get near Hank Jones' touch and feel and take it somewhere. Lex Humphries was WAY underrated.

Publius said...

There is clipping distortion in the right channel . Is this on the CD ?

taro nombei said...

@ Publius
I didn't hear that.
Are you getting that right through, or only some of the time?

Publius said...

It's peak level distortion only in the right channel on all tracks . It can be heard as well as seen : http://rapidshare.com/files/351191901/Clipping.JPG

taro nombei said...

OK, in that case it's probably on the CD, but I'll see what I can do (not an audio wiz though)

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this! Looking forward to checking it out, especially in a trio format.

Anonymous said...

Thank you very much. I really was looking for this since long time.
I appreciated

taro nombei said...

@ anon
you're welcome!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing. New to your blog, loving it already.

taro nombei said...

Make yourself at home — and thanks for dropping a comment.
Always nice to know!

tommythomaso said...

Barbara, this post (Angel Eyes) is identical to the Duke Pearson post "Bag's Groove" except it has an additional track, includes an uncorrupted "Jeanine" and comes in at 256 kps instead of "Bag's . . . " 320. It looked the same to me before downloading "Angel Eyes", but what the hell, let's see if they're the same . . . and they are with the differences outlined above.

Anonymous said...

lovely! sold an og of this a while back when i was younger and not totally appreciative of this sound (too straight ahead for me at the time). I'm ready now.

funkjazzsoul said...

hello i realy looked around for this beautiful duke album.... so thank you so much

taro nombei said...

@ funkjazzsoul
you're welcome — enjoy!

KingCake said...

Sorry I missed this one, file is gone

taro nombei said...

@ KingCake
That's a strange... It wasn't me that disappeared it...
I'll try to find time to re-up it soon...

taro nombei said...

Now re-upped (new post).
Enjoy!