Heavy Sounds [Remaster] by Elvin Jones (CD, Sep-1999, Impulse!)

Album Features
UPC:	731454795920
Artist:	Elvin Jones
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1999
Record Label:	Impulse!
Genre:	Free Jazz, Jazz Instrument

Track Listing
1. Raunchy Rita
2. Shiny Stockings
3. M. E.
4. Summertime
5. Elvin's Guitar Blues
6. Here's That Rainy Day

Details
Playing Time:	42 min.
Contributing Artists:	Frank Foster
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	AAD

Album Notes
Personnel: Elvin Jones (guitar, drums); Richard Davis (acoustic bass); Frank Foster (tenor saxophone); Billy Green (piano).Producer: Bob Thiele.Reissue producer: Michael Cuscuna.Recorded at RCA Recording Studio, New York, New York on June 19 & 20, 1967. Originally issued on Impulse! (9160). Includes liner notes by Frank Kofsky.Digitally remastered using 20-bit technology by Erick Labson (MCA Music Media Studios).One of Elvin Jones' better CDs as a leader, HEAVY SOUNDS offers a plethora of aural pleasures. Whether it be Frank Foster's creative tenor work, or Richard Davis' fat, rounded double bass tone, this music really swings hard. With his sensitive, yet hard-hitting style, Jones himself is in superb form here.Highlights on HEAVY SOUNDS include a bass and drums duet version of "Summertime," and the beautiful ballad, "Here's That Rainy Day." On the former, Jones plays a particularly moving solo using timpani mallets. Jones also plays guitar (his first and only time) on this album--his old-fashioned delta blues style ain't half bad.

Editorial Reviews
3 out of 5 - A curious set from '67, this one finds drummer Jones and bassist Davis leading a small group, featuring tenorist Frank Foster, through a set of blues and standards...
Down Beat (20000201)