Harry Babasin • Harry Babasin & The Jazz Pickers

Review by Scott Yanow

Harry Babasin was (along with Oscar Pettiford) probably the first bassist to play jazz cello. This LP reissue of a set originally for the MOD (Music of the Day) label features Babasin's Jazz Pickers (a quartet with guitarist Dempsey Wright, bassist Ben Tucker, and drummer Bill Douglass), plus guest vibraphonist Terry Gibbs. The music (five Babasin originals and three veteran standards) swings hard but lightly with Babasin's cello solos being the date's most unusual feature.

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Revisión por Scott Yanow

Harry Babasin fue (junto con Oscar Pettiford) probablemente el primer bajista en tocar jazz cello. Esta reedición de LP de un set originalmente para el sello MOD (Música del día) presenta los Jazz Pickers de Babasin (un cuarteto con el guitarrista Dempsey Wright, el bajista Ben Tucker y el baterista Bill Douglass), además del vibrafonista invitado Terry Gibbs. La música (cinco originales de Babasin y tres estándares veteranos) oscila con fuerza, pero los solos de cello de Babasin son la característica más inusual de la fecha.

1 Thou Swell
2 Wingo
3 Basin Street Blues
4 Pee Wee
5 De Ge
6 Hoppy
7 These Foolish Things
8 On Bear Hill

 

Credits:

    Bass – Ben Tucker
    Cello – Harry Babasin
    Cover [Portrait] – Eva Diana
    Drums – Bill Douglas*
    Engineer – Dayton Howe
    Guitar – Dempsey Wright
    Liner Notes – Joe Quinn
    Photography By [Cover & Liner] – Dave Pell
    Vibraphone – Terry Gibbs

 

Release Date July, 1957
Duration: 30:29
Genre: Jazz
Styles:
Bop
Cool

Recording Date: July, 1957 

 

 

 

 

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