Les Spann ORIG US LP Gemini EX ’60 DG Jazzland JLP35 MONO Jazz Hard Bop
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Les Spann ORIG US LP Gemini EX ’60 DG Jazzland JLP35 MONO Jazz Hard Bop
Les Spann
Gemini
Original 1st Press US LP released in 1960 on Deep Groove Jazzland Label. Cat: JLP35. This album is in MONO.
Les Spann was a perfect example of a jazz artist who had an impressive list of sideman credentials but never got very far as a leader. Although he played with heavyweights like Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Johnny Hodges, and Ben Webster, the guitarist/flutist didn't record on his own extensively which is regrettable because Spann was an intriguing musician. How many guitarists are equally proficient when it comes to playing the flute? Spann's two instruments get equal time on Gemini, an excellent hard bop date that was produced by the ubiquitous Orrin Keepnews. It was recorded at two different sessions in December 1960. One finds Spann on flute, while the other finds him on guitar. Both sessions employ Julius Watkins on French horn, Tommy Flanagan on piano, and Sam Jones on upright bass, but there are two different drummers Al "Tootie" Heath at one session, Louis Hayes at the other. Spann gives 100 percent at both sessions. As a guitarist, he is bluesy and expressive on material that ranges from Quincy Jones' "Stockholm Sweetnin'" and Dizzy Gillespie's "Con Alma" to the standard "There Is No Greater Love." But he is equally impressive when he picks up the flute on tracks that include the melancholy "Afterthought" and a lyrical performance of the standard "It Might as Well Be Spring."
Tracks: Smile/ Con alma/ Q’s dues blues/ It might as well B spring/ Stockholm sweetin’/ Blues for Gemini/ Afterthought/ There is no greater love.
There some light spindle marks on labels. Record has some light scuff marks that cause a few light crackles and is in Excellent condition. Cover has a small name written in blue pen on back bottom centre and a few light marks on back and is in Excellent condition.
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