 Исполнитель: George RussellНазвание альбома: New York, N.Y. Год выпуска: 1990, MCA Records Формат файлов: Mp3, 320 Размер архива: 122 Mb Скачать с: rusfolder
Ken Dryden, AMG
“New York, N. Y.... the most fascinating address.
New York, N. Y. is a world unto itself, a world of tumult and silence, love and hate, towering buildings and tenements, big people and small... and the gradations between.
New York, N. Y. is a look up and live town, or a sigh, cry, die town; the big juicy apple that tempts and magnetizes, nourishes or consumes, but is never forgotten.
New York, N. Y. has a face of concrete that menaces those who have not found the key to her heart. And she is a woman—fickle, sometimes cold, warm to those who know her ways. It takes time to know and love her. She is not easy.
New York, N. Y. is always on the move; motion is native to her torso, and whether good or bad, profitable or not, it's there, day and night, like the beat of a tom-tom or a heart — faster by day, slower by night; pushing, easing time along.
New York, N. Y. has many moods. She broods and all her glitter is but a well spring for sadness. She is just as frequently happy, even frivolous, fresh and new, depending on your view.
New York, N. Y. is a blues/dues town. She can take and forsake ... and without conscience. In no time, her beauty can become unforgivable to those to whom she yields nothing.
New York, N. Y., a compound of all those that live within her arms, is liberal and bigoted, probing and disinterested. She is affected, phony, and unstintingly real. All these things and more ...
She is rich and poor—Sutton Place and Harlem, Madison Avenue and "The Village", Park Avenue and "Hell's Kitchen"; Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island, too; all the boroughs and sections, streets and avenues, in sum, are New York, N. Y. ... and contribute to her heart, body and soul.
In essence, New York, N. Y. is people; each one important, each one in need of the other.
New York, N. Y. is filled with the sounds of jazz.
Jazz musicians come pouring into New York, N. Y. ‘Let's go to the Apple, man, that's where it is,’ they cry, not realizing that the taste of it is reserved for only the equipped. Many return to their home hamlets disappointed; some, more than a little changed for being here.
New York, N. Y. is a cruel mistress. Bring her something new and she is torn between a desire to understand and an inclination to resist change. ‘Prove it!’ she tauntingly says to those who come to her bearing the future in their hands.
‘New York, N. Y. is a challenge,’ claims composer-arranger George Russell. ‘Youth comes here to accept the challenge.’
‘I've had a running love affair with this town since I first saw her as a child,’ he continued. "I'd rather sink here than swim anywhere else."
Liner notes to the original LP
1. Manhattan (10:34)
2. Big City Blues (11:40)
3. Manhattan-Rico (10:12)
4. East Side Medley (8:01)
a) Autumn In New York
b) How About You
5. A Helluva Town (5:01)
Recorded September 12 1958 (track 1), November 24 1958 (tracks 3, 5), and March 25 1959 (tracks 2, 4), New York
Personnel:
Alto Saxophone – Hal McKusick, Phil Woods (tracks: 2 to 5)
Arranged By, Directed By, Liner Notes [1959] – George Russell
Baritone Saxophone – Gene Allen (tracks: 3, 5), Sol Schlinger (tracks: 1, 2, 4)
Bongos – Al Epstein (tracks: 3)
Double Bass – George Duvivier (tracks: 3, 5), Milt Hinton (tracks: 1, 2, 4)
Drums – Charlie Persip (tracks: 1, 2, 4), Don Lamond (tracks: 3), Max Roach (tracks: 5)
Drums [Chromatic Drums] – George Russell (tracks: 3)
Flute, Clarinet – Phil Woods (tracks: 2, 4)
Guitar – Barry Galbraith
Narrator – Jon Hendricks
Painting [Cover] – Louis Lozowick
Photography By – Chuck Stewart
Piano – Bill Evans
Tenor Saxophone – Al Cohn (tracks: 3, 5), Benny Golson (tracks: 2, 4), John Coltrane (tracks: 1)
Trombone – Bob Brookmeyer, Frank Rehak (tracks: 1, 2, 4), Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: 5), Tom Mitchell*
Trumpet – Art Farmer, Doc Severinsen (tracks: 1), Ernie Royal (tracks: 1, 3, 5), Joe Ferrante (tracks: 2, 4), Joe Wilder (tracks: 2 to 5)
Narration - Jon Hendricks
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