Thursday 14 May 2009

Richie Cole - Alive! At The Village Vanguard (1982)

1.Punishment Blues
2.Body And Soul
3.Samba De Orfeu
4.Yardbird Suite
5.Alto Acres (Live Spiral)
6.Red Top.

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Bass - Marshall Hawkins
Drums - Scott Morris
Engineer - Dave Hewitt*
Guitar - Bruce Forman
Piano - Bobby Enriquez
Producer [Audio & Video] - Ben Sidran
Reissue Producer [Album Release] - Michael Cuscuna
Saxophone [Alto] - Richie Cole (tracks: A1 to B1, B3)
Notes:
Recorded live at The Village Vanguard- NYC on June 24, 1981.


Review by Scott Yanow
Richie Cole is in top form on this Muse LP as he is on virtually all of his recordings for that label. Cole had a strong quintet at the time (with guitarist Bruce Forman, the "Wildman" Bobby Enriquez on piano, bassist Marshall Hawkins and drummer Scott Morris) and together they play some wild bebop on such songs as "Punishment Blues," "Samba De Orfeu" (an Enriquez feature), "Yardbird Suite" and "Alto Acres" (which ironically finds Cole switching to tenor). Cole also comes up with some fresh ideas on "Body and Soul," making this an album well worth searching for.

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