【Jazz talk :350】Heavy Sounds
Heavy Sounds is an album by American jazz drummer Elvin Jones and bassist Richard Davis recorded in 1967 and released on the Impulse! label.
Performer :
Elvin Ray Jones (September 9, 1927 – May 18, 2004) was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era.
Performer :
Richard Davis (April 15, 1930 – September 6, 2023) was an American jazz bassist. Among his best-known contributions to the albums of others are Eric Dolphy's Out to Lunch!, Andrew Hill's Point of Departure, and Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, of which critic Greil Marcus wrote (in The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll), "Richard Davis provided the greatest bass ever heard on a rock album."
About :
Released : May 1968
Recorded:June 19–20, 1967
studio :
Length:41:21
Label : Impulse!
producer : Bob Thiele
Track listing
- "Raunchy Rita" (Frank Foster) - 11:35
- "Shiny Stockings" (Foster) - 5:13
- "M.E." (Billy Greene) - 2:40
- "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 11:37
- "Elvin's Guitar Blues" (Elvin Jones) - 3:29
- "Here's That Rainy Day" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 7:02
- Recorded at RCA Recording Studio, New York City, on June 19 (#4) & 20, 1967.
Performance :
- Elvin Jones - drums, guitar (5)
- Richard Davis - bass
- Frank Foster - tenor saxophone (tracks 1–3, 5 & 6)
- Billy Greene - piano (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 6)