Cd - The Best of Teo Macero by Teo Macero (CD, May-1990, Stash)

Product description Album Features UPC: 032501102723 Artist: Teo Macero Format: CD Release Year: 1990 Record Label: Stash Genre: Jazz Instrument, SaxophoneTrack Listing1. Neally2. Adventure3. Heart on My Sleeve4. 24 + 185. T. C.'s Groove6. Sounds of May7. Time Plus Seven (Ballet Suite in 4 Movements)8. Seven / Equals / Time / Plus9. Pressure10. Teo11. I'll Remember Apr12. How Low the Earth13. Mitzi14. Exploratiins15. Thou Swell16. Un Poco Diablo17. Am I / Are You18. Blues For Amy19. Bedroom20. Out of Loneliness Detas Playing Time: 77 min. Distributor: n/a Recording Type: Studio Recording Mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/aAlbum NotesPerformers include: Teo Macero, Art Farmer, Bl Evans, Lee Konitz, Ed Shaughnessy, Mal Waldron, Al Cohn, Charles Mingus, Eddie Bert, Ph Woods, Frank Rehak, Clarke Terry, Ed Costa, Pepper Adams.This CD is not so much "The Best of Teo Macero" as it is "The Nearly Complete Teo Macero." With the exception of his conventional quintet date for Prestige in 1957 and one or two isolated tracks, this reissue has all of Macero's pre-1983 recordings as a leader, tenor saxophonist, and composer. Much of the music is essentially contemporary classical originals with jazz musicians sometimes playing the parts and usually getting a little space to improvise. Macero's tenor resembles Warne Marsh a bit. Much of the music wl strike some as weird, others as an innovative precursor of Third Stream jazz. Although bassist Charles Mingus and altoist Lee Konitz are on a few tracks, some of the arrangements are overly pretentious and a bit dull, and it is an inexcusable omission that the dates are not listed. This rather esoteric CD is strictly for open-eared modern classical listeners. ~ Scott YanowEditorial Reviews4 Stars - Very Good - ..Heard again now, his '50s compositions have a certain quirky charm: sort of atonal cool jazz. CONDIZIONI:COME NUOVO/LIKE NEW