John Engels All Starts - Jimmy Knepper/ Leave of Absinthe

[vova47]

It's" Lullaby of the Leaves" whatever they're calling this version. Oh, LEAVE of absinthe! Very clever.

John Engels' time feel reminds me a lot of Mel Lewis. And that's a great thing.

Is there more from this session? And who is the bass player?

[DickWhittington1000]

Sounds to me like Jimmy finally got back most of his range he lost when Mingus socked him in the mouth.

[averyron]

I hadn't thought of Jimmy Knepper until tonight and was delighted to find him on Youtube. I had seen him with Charlie Mingus several times and that was at least 40 years ago

[2300skiddo]

I never even heard of this group. But Knepper and Tabackin are a near-perfect pairing and the rhythm section sounds just right, not taking too much attention as so often happens. Very nice tune, which I take to be Engels'? Great title, too.

Thanks for this - after 45 years as a dedicated jazzhound, it's a real treat to stumble onto something I really didn't know about at all.