New Jazz Frontiers From Washington / Young Ideas (CD)

Format: CD Label: Fresh Sound Records Year: 2012  Media Condition: New Sleeve/Cover Condition: New  TRACKS: New Jazz Frontiers From Washington: 1 Aw-ite 2 Eugly's Tune 3 Homing Grits 4 Cici's Delight 5 Nairod 6 Polka Dots And Moonbeams 7 Delories Young Ideas: 8 "S.D.D.S." 9 Alone Together 10 It Could Happen To You 11 Nikki Poo 12 Coltrane Lane 13 Golden Earrings 14 Django Recorded in 1961. PERSONNEL: Alto Saxophone – Andrew White Bass – Walter Booker Drums – Carl "Mickey" Newman Piano – Harry Killgo Trumpet – Ray Codrington The earliest recordings as bandleader from now-legendary DC maestro Andrew White. The local ensemble was discovered by Cannonball Adderley, and with his endorsement earned their first recording contract when White was still a teenager. The JFK Quintet's style retained the inherent swing of jazz, while at the same time the group was compulsively forward-facing and avant-garde, inspired by the freshness and possibility of the K