• The George Wallington Quintet – Live! At Cafe Bohemia/1955 | Vinyl LP

The George Wallington Quintet

Live! At Cafe Bohemia/1955

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NM-
MEDIA
  • NM-
YEAr
  • 1984
COUNTRY
Japan
extras
  • Obi, insert
IF YOU LIKE
  • Jazz, Hard Bop, Donald Byrd, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey

The people behind the Lone Hill Jazz label deserve some kind of humanitarian award for reissuing two of George Wallington's very best albums: Live! At Cafe Bohemia (recorded on September 9, 1955, and subsequently issued on both the Progressive and Prestige labels) and George Wallington Showcase (recorded in a studio for Blue Note on May 12, 1954).

The band heard at the Bohemia -- trumpeter Donald Byrd and alto saxophonist Jackie McLean in front of Wallington, Paul Chambers, and Art Taylor -- had the power and depth of ensembles led by Charles Mingus and Art Blakey during the mid- to late '50s.