The Jazz Show Episode October 18, 2021

Louis Hayes Quintet with Nat Adderley and Yusef Lateef.

9:02pm - 12:37am

This Jazz Feature album is a rather rare one and it's the debut recording as a leader of drum master Louis Hayes. Louis Hayes was just 21 when he recorded this date on April 26,1960. He was by then working steadily with Julian "Cannonball" Adderley and he chose musicians that he enjoyed playing with and of course 3 of them were also working with Adderley. Louis chose Nat Adderley on cornet, Barry Harris on piano and Sam Jones on bass. The other important member was an early mentor of Louis' and the man who gave him his first gigs. That man was the great Yusef Lateef. Yusef is heard here exclusively on tenor saxophone and his big dark sound is one of the album's highlights. Louis wisely chose music not associated with the Adderley Quintet but selected the tunes for themselves and that fact marks this date as distinctive. This is a great debut for a most talented young man. Louis didn't record again as a leader until the mid-70's. Louis Hayes and company equals high quality Jazz!

Track Listing:

Hazing
Louis Hayes · Louis Hayes
Rip De Boom
Louis Hayes · Louis Hayes
'Teef
Louis Hayes · Louis Hayes
I Need You
Louis Hayes · Louis Hayes
Back Yard
Louis Hayes · Louis Hayes
Sassy Ann
Louis Hayes · Louis Hayes
From You
Shannon Gunn · On A Mountain
Carla's Blues
Shannon Gunn · On A Mountain
I've Grown Accustomed to Your Face
Shannon Gunn · On A Mountain
Perdido
Oscar Peterson · Exclusively for My Friends
Body and Soul
Oscar Peterson · Exclusively for My Friends
Take The "A" Train.
Oscar Peterson · Exclusively for My Friends
Night Train
Oscar Peterson · Night Train
Band Call
Oscar Peterson · Night Train
Hymn to Freedom
Oscar Peterson · Night Train
Salsa Nova
Hugh Fraser and VEJI · V
Screeab-Bop!
Hugh Fraser and VEJI · V
Thank You Very Much
Hugh Fraser and VEJI · V
Black Codes
Wynton Marsalis · Black Codes from the Underground
For Wee Folks
Wynton Marsalis · Black Codes from the Underground
Defeayo's Dilemma
Wynton Marsalis · Black Codes from the Underground
Waterfalls
Art Blakey · Keystone 3.