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Jazz Workshop Quintet Remastered edition
Migliori, Jay & Dick Twardzik
Jazz Workshop Quintet Remastered edition
Migliori, Jay & Dick Twardzik
PERSONNEL Jay Migliori (ts), Johnny Rae (vb), Dick Twardzik (p except #9), Ray
Santisi (p on #9), Jack Carter (b), Bob Atcheson (d)
RECORDED at the Harvard (WHRB) radio station in May 1954
Harvard WHRB radio station has been on the air for nearly 80 years. In the 1940s,
it transmitted to Harvard dormitories only. In the 1950s, the station obtained an
FM license and become the first source for exciting, entertaining, classical music,
jazz, news, and sports broadcasts to the entire Boston area. Harvard Radio's daily
broadcast explored a great repertoire of music left largely untouched by other
commercial stations.
By 1952, Boston was experiencing a renaissance in jazz led by such local
modernists as Charlie Mariano, Jaki Byard, Joe Gordon, Nat Pierce, Herb Pomeroy,
and Serge Chaloff, as well as talented newcomers like tenor saxophonist Jay
Migliori (1930-2001), one of the most active young jazzmen on the scene. In the
spring of 1954, after having played with Charlie Parker at the Hi-Hat club and in
Chaloff's sextet at the Storyville, Migliori joined forces with his friend pianist Dick
Twardzik (1931-1955)--a young prodigy who had already recorded with Charlie
Mariano and been praised by Bird--to organize a quintet that would play at the
Jazz Workshop Stable. With them were three younger modernists, by the name of
Johnny Rae, vibes, Jack Carter, bass, and Bob Atcheson, drums.
The Stable was jumping with its newly established jazz policy, and most of the
best local jazz was going through its stage with the fervent support of Boston jazz
fans. By the time spring was turning to summer, Harvard's radio station WHRB
offered to record the Migliori-Twardzik quintet. The result was this exciting session
we are releasing here for the first time.
.. QUINTET
Media | Music CD (Compact Disc) |
Number of discs | 1 |
Released | March 6, 2020 |
EAN/UPC | 8427328609890 |
Label | FRESH SOUND FFRA8609890.2 |
Genre | Jazz |
Dimensions | 108 g |
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