Wardell Gray - PENNIES FROM HEAVEN

Im a double bass jazz player and Wardell is my favourite tenor player...... i tryed to contact spiritentities who is related to wardell but i didnt have no answer... any Wardell fans, please contact me, i have a bunch of stuff and i would like to make a page for this great player... also. anyone knows where is his tomb? i have a small group of people and we would like to go there where in vacations on the USA and make a little homage, please respond.
thanks in advance

Nuno

Hi Nuno,

I also am a big Wardell fan and have most everything he recorded, although I don't have a complete discography. There is a film about Wardell called "The Forgotten Tenor" which I have in videotape format. I have also thought about creating a Website about Wardell. I already have a Website on Fats Navarro which I created in 1997. It's the second site you get when you do a google search on "Fats Navarro". Perhaps we call pool our efforts on the project.

Stuart A. Varden

Stuart, i sent you an email, thanks

He's one of those guys like Fats Navarro, Lennie Tristano, and Warne Marsh that only musicians seem to know about. Regular people don't go out of their way to find out about obscure but great artists.

Fine recording, although I like Stan Getz's version even better. Hampton Hawes is great behind Gray!

It is just what you say.
The supporting performance of Hampton Hawes made this session a more splendid thing.

That's easy for you to say.

ワーデル・グレイって名前は知ってますが、じっくり聴いたのは初 めてです。テナーの音色が好きなタイプです。
ハンプトン・フォースもいいですね。
これはなかなか聴き応えのある一枚ですね。

当意即妙のフレーズをつなげていくグレイの良さはロリンズなどの お好きなnonkiさんにはご理解いただけると思います。このセ ッションはややルーズで寛ぎの感じられる好ましい演奏ですよね。 

Yes,Dug it!!!