Al Killian Sextet - The Creep (aka Blow, Blow, Blow) (featuring Wardell Gray)

AL KILLIAN SEXTET (aka SONNY CRISS ALL STARS)
Al Killian (tp); Sonny Criss (as); Wardell Gray (ts); Charles Fox (p); John Willie "Shifty" Henry (b); Tim Kennedy (d).
AFRS Jubilee 242, Unknown location, Portland, Oregon, October 17, 1947
The Creep (aka Blow, Blow, Blow)

"Under Killian's leadership, the same three horn men got together three months later for five rather mysterious sides. We know that they were made in Portland, Oregon, the first major city north if the Californian border. The tunes all fill the usual 78 length of around three minutes, though one of them, Blue 'N' Boogie, ends suddenly in mid-solo. At the start of some of the sides there is applause but not at the end. Some sources credit Shifty Henry as the bassplayer (sic), but to our ears this is Ernie Shepard (cf. the solo on Blue 'N' Boogie) who was to shine so brightly wih (sic) Duke Ellington fifteen years later. As for the pianist, this might be Charles Fox, who re-emerged with Clark Terry in the 1970's. (sic) ~ Claude Carrière (adapted from the French by Tony Baldwin), liner notes to MJCD 191.

Source:
CD: MJCD 191

Also on:
12" LP: Jazz Showcase 5005, Xanadu 200

Category:

Music

Tags:

• AFRS
• Jubilee
• Creep
• Al
• Killian
• Sonny
• Criss
• Wardell
• Gray