Eddie Harris with Strings - Goes to the Movies - Vee Jay VJ-LP 3031 - Vee Jay Original Pressing, Rainbow Label, Mono
Eddie Harris- Tenor Saxophone
[uncredited] - Strings+Rhythm
Strings Arranged by Dick Marx
Recorded - [not listed on sleeve, exact details unknown again, Lord's discography estimates 1962-63, Chicago between the "Jazz for Breakfast at Tiffany's/"A Study in Jazz" and "Bossa Nova" sessions, release date probably puts it somewhere between summer to fall 1962]
Production - Sid McCoy
Recording - [uncredited]
Cover - [uncredited]
Released - October 27, 1962
Wrapping up my ongoing Eddie Harris series/retrospective, this is his fifth and rather brief side on Vee-Jay: Eddie Harris Goes to the Movies! Your enjoyment of this record will depend entirely on how you feel, pro and con about 'strings' dates of which this side is a very representative example. It's pleasant, generally, Dick Marx's arrangement are not bad, and Eddie's playing is spirited throughout. Nice fidelity from the original mono Vee-Jay vinyl.
Get it (Revised file, thanks!)
N.B. See here for Eddie's first two Vee-Jay sides, "Exodus to Jazz" and "Mighty Like A Rose"
I'm totally digging this series of Eddie Harris sides. Some of them were completely new to me. I've long thought that Eddie was an eccentric genius as well as a brilliant player. While I crave his extraordinary playing, his eccentric genius more than his chops is on full display during these early VJ recordings - I even like the voices. Can't wait to get to this one. Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteHey, sorry to bother, but all the tracks on the two sides have been substituted for one another: e.g. "Guess I'll Hand My Tears Out . . . " is actually Tonight, "Secret Love" is actually Green Dolphin Street, etcetera. Cheers, d
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Harris lp .... lots to catch up on ... Baron
ReplyDeleteAnother Eddie Harris that`s new to me.THANKS!
ReplyDeleteI dig many jazz'n'strings albums, but you can hardly lump them all together.
ReplyDeleteThere's jazz'n'strings albums that are simply gorgeous ("Stan Getz: Focus" is a perfect example) and others that border on muzak. Depends a lot on the arranger i guess.
Thanks for this, new to me!
Many thanks for another wonderful Eddie who? record
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