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Best of Herb Ellis
By Jerlaw
I initial heard Herb Ellis on an Lp when he played at the original Concord Jazz Festival. He was playing with Joe Pass, Ray Brown, & Jake Hanna. The announcer said something to the effect of “get ready for a lot of outstanding guitar interplay.” And boy, was he right! You’ll listen the basi example on “Look For The Silver Lining.” This recording gives the best of Herb with such notables as Remo Palmieri on “Windflower” & one of my all-time outstanding tunes done by Benny Goodman & the outstanding Charlie Christian called “A Smooth one.”I had the pleasure of meeting Herb in person at Pepes’ in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Herb got his primary break by playing with the Oscar Peterson Trio; Ray Brown played bass. All I may say is that this compilation of tunes is veritably representative of all the great work he has done, including the “Great Guitars” with Barney Kessel & Charlie Byrd. If you want to recognise just how outstanding this man is (still going strong, as far as I know in Oklahoma in his 90s). Buy this CD….if you love jazz guitar, you’ll surely love this one.
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The L.A. 4 is pictured here . This is a review of that Concord collection
By Beatrice A. Lafave
I’m uncertain why a gaff put the photo of The L.A.4 (Concord jazz inheritance series) above these Herb Ellis reviews ? No matter . I love Herb too . The L.A.4 collection in the same series is just terrifi and very “up” . It’s not until with regards to the disc’s final 2/5th’s that Laurindo Almeida’s acoustic guitar voice actually comes to the fore on this superb collection . Mr. Almeida was never in truth one for much soloing . His influence throughtout is big even though (regarding what’s played and how) . The principle soloist is Bud Shank . His voice on both alto saxaphone and flute is genuinely awful and beauteous on each track . Equally remarkable bassist Ray Brown , has assorted solo features on the disc (culled from seven recordings) both live and not . There are eleven tracks . The drummer on all but three songs is Jeff Hamilton . Shelly Manne is the drummer on the remaining three . The playing on all tracks is fantastic . I just came across today (for the introductory time) , as i ordered the disc “new” but “with a little drill hole” , that the cut-out person had accidently drilled right through the disc . Oh well . I may listen to almost ten tracks before the laser hits the hole (less than a minute stay in track ten) . It’s clear why this great group recorded and played together for so long . Pick this one up . You will not be disappointed . The band grooves hard , well and always (i have ample proof that track eleven will not let you down) .
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The best jazz there is.
By Sebastian Codas
Herb Ellis’ talent is just immeasurable. His playing the guitar is incredible; one would say: “smooth”. I definitively commend this album to any jazz lover, and any person that seeks for the best guitar playing.
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