Edmund Hall: Jammin' in Four
Track
Jammin' In Four
Artist
Edmund Hall (clarinet)
CD
Edmond Hall: Profoundly Blue (Blue Note 821260)
Musicians:
Edmund Hall (clarinet), Meade Lux Lewis (celeste), Charlie Christian (guitar), Israel Crosby (bass).
Recorded: February 5, 1941
Rating: 90/100 (learn more)
Hall was one of the great New Orleans clarinetists, but he was a fixture of the New York jazz club scene at the time of this recording. Don’t be fooled by the instrumentation of this drummer-less ensemble: this isn’t quiet chamber music, but a swinging romp driven by Crosby’s bass and Christian’s acoustic rhythm guitar. They back the unique sweet and sour sonic combination of Meade Lux Lewis pounding out boogie-woogie on celeste with Hall’s hard-edged clarinet blues. Christian’s four-chorus single-line solo reveals how this short-lived musician influenced generations of guitarists to come.
Reviewer: Cliff Preiss
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