Herb Ellis and the Ray Brown Sextet - Hot Tracks (CD)

Hot Tracks
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Release Date:02/28/1992
Label:Concord Jazz
UPC:013431601227

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  • All Music Guide

    Guitarist Herb Ellis was the leader of six of the first dozen Concord releases. This lesser-known set has some fine playing from Ellis, trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison, tenor saxophonist Plas Johnson, bassist Ray Brown, drummer Jake Hanna and keyboardist Mike Melvoin although Melvoin's electric piano sounds a bit dated today. As usual the music is uncomplicated, straightahead, swinging and tasteful. Six of the songs are originals by group members which are performed along with Johnny Hodges' "Squatty Roo" and the ballad "But Beautiful."

    - Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

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Biography

Herb Ellis

An excellent bopbased guitarist with a slight country twang to his sound, Herb Ellis became famous playing with the Oscar Peterson Trio during 19531958. Prior to that, he had attended North Texas State University and played with the Casa Loma Orchestra, Jimmy Dorsey (19451947), and the sadly underrecorded trio Soft Winds. While with Peterson, Ellis was on some Jazz at t... Read more