Bob James - Once Upon A Time - The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions on CD

Description

Captured with no audience at Wollman Auditorium in New York City in 1965 by Resonance founder and co-president George Klabin, Once Upon A Time: The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions features previously unreleased studio recordings from pianist Bob James. This release features James with two different trio settings - one from January 20, 1965 with bassist Larry Rockwell and drummer Bob Pozar, and another from October 9, 1965 with bassist Bill Wood and drummer Omar Clay - performing a mix of jazz standards and original compositions. The title track "Once Upon A Time" was named by James as an homage to the ONCE Festival of New Music in Ann Arbor, MI which ran from 1961-1966 and holds a special place in his early musical career. The package includes an extensive booklet with essays by jazz writer Mark Stryker (Jazz from Detroit) and engineer George Klabin; a new interview with Bob James by Zev Feldman, and 2011 interview with Bob Pozar by Hank Shteamer (Rolling Stone); plus rare archival photographs.

Tracks

Serenata
Once Upon a Time
Lateef Minor 7th
Variations
Airegin
Indian Summer
Solar
Long Forgotten Blues