Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool

1. Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool

2. Please Be Kind

3. You Do Something to Me

4. Body and Soul

5. Follow Your Heart

6. On a Misty Night

7. Syeeda's Song Flute

8. There'll Be Some Changes Made

9. Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)

10. When Day Is Done

11. Makin' Whoopee

12. Stray Horn

Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool,Ken Peplowski Quintet,Concord Records,Dixieland,Jazz,Pop,Swing

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Average customer rating: At least Duke would appreciate it.

Mr. Gentle Mr. Cool : A Tribute to Duke Ellington David "Fathead" Newman Manufacturer: Kokopelli Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Under a Woodstock Moon ASIN: B000005WV9 Release Date: 1994-09-13

Tracks:

1. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
2. Prelude to a Kiss
3. Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool
4. Almost Cried
5. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
6. Azure
7. What Am I Here For?
8. Happy Reunion
9. Come Sunday
10. Creole Love Call
11. Jeep's Blues

Customer Reviews:

At least Duke would appreciate it........2007-02-24

Produced by Herbie Mann with liner notes by Leonard Feather, this album displays the sound and good taste of tenor-alto sax legend David Fathead Newman to maximum advantage. In fact, it's a tour de force for Fathead, who submits definitive versions of all 11 Ellington compositions, some rarely heard (and no "A Train" or "Satin Doll"!). The piccolo bass of Ron Carter and trombone of Jim Pugh make the session even more attractive, contributing to the colorful, "Ellingtonian" textures of the orchestrations. It's tough to account for the neglect of this one, which should hit it just right for both Ellington lovers and fans of saxophone as played by a living legend who shows why he deserves the title.

My favorite moment: Fathead's gorgeous flute work on "Azure" (no wonder Herbie Mann was content to produce the session rather than play on it!).

This is simply a recording that's impossible to dislike, more receptive to repeated listenings than Joe Henderson's tribute to Billy Strayhorn. Maybe the album is a bit "refined" in cover design, concept, and audio (neither Peter Washington's bass nor Lewis Nash's drum kit is "artificially enhanced," as is the case on most of the recordings I've received of late). I'd say all the more reason to pick up a copy while it's still around.

Average customer rating: Peps, not Benny Very Diverse Program......

Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool Ken Peplowski Quintet Manufacturer: Concord Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans & Dixieland Jazz | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music Dixieland | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000006IO Release Date: 1990-06-27

Tracks:

1. Mr. Gentle And Mr. Cool
2. Please Be Kind
3. You Do Something To Me
4. Body And Soul
5. Makin' Whoopee
6. Stray Horn
7. Follow Your Heart
8. On A Misty Night
9. Syeeda's Song Flute
10. There'll Be Some Changes Made
11. Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep
12. When Day Is Done

Customer Reviews:

Peps, not Benny.......2004-10-17

I don't get the other reviewers who insist on Peps being a Goodman clone. Well was Bob Wilber one too? Did he sound like Peps? How about Johnny Mintz? I contend that this great album features a clarinetist doing his own thing and that the differences and contrasts between his playing and Goodman's are easily as important as the similarities. I hear Peps, not Goodman.

Very Diverse Program.............2003-09-07

.....both in the selection of music and the fact Ken Peplowski is heard on clarinet as well as alto and tenor saxes. If that isn't enough, Scott Hamilton also sits in on a couple of cuts giving us a tenor duo.

The music composers vary from Sammy Cahn through Cole Porter, Tadd Dameron and John Coltrane......songs from the traditional standards like "Body and Soul" and "Makin' Whoopee" to "On a Misty Night" and "Syeeda's Song Flute". All of this backed by some of the best mainstream players in the business: Hank Jones on piano, Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar, bassist Frank Tate, and drummer Alan Dawson.

"Body and Soul" was almost like a time warp with Peps sounding so much like Goodman and Hank Jones' style very close to Teddy Wilson, complete with some fills......I mean....like smooth! On the other hand, Cole Porter's "You Do Something To Me" is played very up-tempo. Peps really cooks on this one! One can hear similarities to Buddy Defranco on this tune and definitely on the boppish "Syeeda's Song Flute".

Bottom line, this is a really enjoyable set that should appeal to small group jazz fans, anyone who follows the work of these musicians, or even as an introduction to good quintet jazz.

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