Paul Horn • Something Blue

 

Review
by Scott Yanow
Years before Paul Horn became famous for his pioneering new age and mood music albums, he was an adventurous bop-based improviser trying to create an alternative to the hard bop music of the era. On this CD reissue of a set cut for Hi Fi, Horn plays alto, flute and clarinet on six complex originals (four are by the leader) in a quintet with vibraphonist Emil Richards, pianist Paul Moer, bassist Jimmy Bond and drummer Billy Higgins. All of the music is pretty episodic with tricky frameworks and some unusual time signatures being utilized. The results are generally stimulating if rarely all that relaxed; Richards is actually the most impressive soloist on the interesting if often dry release.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/something-blue-mw0000678053

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Reseña
por Scott Yanow
Años antes de que Paul Horn se hiciera famoso por sus álbumes pioneros de new age y música ambiental, era un aventurero improvisador basado en el bop que intentaba crear una alternativa a la música hard bop de la época. En esta reedición en CD de un set editado para Hi Fi, Horn toca el alto, la flauta y el clarinete en seis complejas piezas originales (cuatro son del líder) en un quinteto con el vibrafonista Emil Richards, el pianista Paul Moer, el bajista Jimmy Bond y el batería Billy Higgins. Toda la música es bastante episódica, con estructuras complicadas y algunos compases inusuales. Los resultados son, en general, estimulantes, aunque rara vez tan relajados; Richards es, de hecho, el solista más impresionante de este interesante, aunque a menudo árido, disco.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/something-blue-mw0000678053

Tracks:
1 - Dun-Dunnee
Written-By – Paul Horn
2 - Tall Polynesian
Written-By – Paul Moer
3 - Mr. Bond
Written-By – Horn*
4 - Fremptz
Written-By – Emil Richards
5 - Something Blue
Written-By – Horn*
6 - Half And Half
Written-By – Horn*


Credits:
    Alto Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet – Paul Horn
    Bass – Jimmy Bond
    Drums – Billy Higgins
    Liner Notes – Gene Lees
    Piano – Paul Moer
    Producer – Dave Axelrod*
    Remastered By [Digital Remastering] – Phil De Lancie
    Vibraphone – Emil Richards
    Written-By – Emil Richards (tracks: 4), Paul Horn (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6), Paul Moer (tracks: 2)

All selections published by Paul Horn Music (ASCAP).

Recorded March 1960.

Label:    HiFi Jazz – J615, HiFi Jazz – J 615
Country:    US
Released:    1960
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Modal
https://www.discogs.com/release/2856650-The-Paul-Horn-Quintet-Something-Blue

 

 

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