Lowell Hastings, Danny Turner, Eddie Woodland - Count "Red" Hastings

Tracklist:

Side A:

01. Diga Diga Do - Count Hastings

02. Sugar Cane - Count Hastings

03. Minor In The Diner - Count Hastings*

04. She's Funny That Way - Count Hastings

05. Patches - Count Hastings*

06. Begin The Beguine - Count Hastings

07. Candied Yam - Count Hastings

Side B:

01. Patches - Count Hastings

02. Baboo - Count Hastings

03. Minor In The Diner - Count Hastings*

04. Midnight Moan - Danny Turner*

05. Snap Case - Eddie Woodland*

06. Jumpin' With Pio - Eddie Woodland*

07. Danny's Jump - Danny Turner **

* = previously unreleased take
** = previously unreleased title

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Re-up of an LP originally posted on the 18th November 2007, back in the first few months of  Be Bop Wino. I've added new scans of the back and front covers plus the labels.

This is where R&B meets jazz or vice versa. Cool and jumping sax workouts from 1948 / 1949 for the Gotham label. The notes by Tony Burke explain all and include complete lists of all recording sessions by Lowell "Count" Hastings and Danny Turner. Count Hastings in particular had an extensive R&B career including sessions with Lucky Millinder, Illinois Jacquet, Wynonie Harris and Little Willie John. He was also a member of the bands of Earl Bostic and Louis Jordan.

The only sides on this LP which were released as a single were "Begin The Beguine" / "Candied Yam" on Gotham 171. These sides were recorded in New York on 29th November 1948. The rest of the Count Hastings tracks were recorded in New York on January 4th 1950 but remained unreleased at the time.

Danny Turner had one release on Gotham - "Give Me Some More Of That Real Fine Loving" / ""Midnight Moan" on Gotham 183, from his only session for Gotham under his own name in June 1949 in Philadelphia. The released take of "Midnight Moan" was different from the one presented on this album.

Eddie Woodland had one release on Gotham under his own name, Gotham 194 "Snap Case" / "Jumpin' With Pio" recorded on May 20th 1949 in Philadelphia. Again, these were different takes to the ones presented here.

The original 2007 post on this LP can be found here:

http://bebopwinorip.blogspot.co.uk/2007/11/lowell-hastings-danny-turner-eddie_5596.html

Lowell Hastings, Danny Turner & Eddie Woodland - Count 'Red' Hastings

Lowell Hastings, aka “Count” Hastings, aka “Red” Hastings cut two sessions for Gotham Records, one in November 1948 and one in January 1950. A hugely experienced tenor sax man, he is probably best known for his 1949 – 1951 spell with the Earl Bostic group, but a glance at the list of his sessions on the back cover of this LP shows him playing alongside such luminaries as Tiny Bradshaw, Lucky Millinder, Panama Francis, Illinois Jacquet, Louis Jordan (see front cover photo) and Little Willie John.

Tony Burke’s sleevenotes nicely sum up what is on offer here: “Many jazz musicians of the era moved freely between small jazz combos, big bands and rhythm and blues outfits, and at times when they came to record, the distinction between R&B, jazz and bop became almost indetectable. This compilation, dominated by Lowell Hastings, takes us neatly into the realms where rhythm and blues merged into bop and jazz, and to where Ivin Ballen was trying to carve a niche for his company in an increasingly competitive market.”

The Eddie Woodland and Danny Turner sides, dating from 1949, are in a similar style.

Ripped at 320 kbps from vinyl.

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1. Diga Diga Do / Count Hastings
2. Sugar Cane / Count Hastings
3. Minor In The Diner * / Count Hastings
4. She's Funny That Way / Count Hastings
5. Patches * / Count Hastings
6. Begin The Beguine / Count Hastings
7. Candied Yam / Count Hastings
8. Patches / Count Hastings
9. Baboo / Count Hastings
10. Minor In The Diner * / Count Hastings
11. Midnight Moan * / Danny Turner
12. Snap Case * / Eddie Woodland
13. Jumpin' With Pio * / Eddie Woodland
14. Danny's Jump ** / Danny Turner

* = previously unreleased take

** = previously unreleased title