Immediately after the recording of this album, two of its personnel were forced to cancel a gig with Richie Powell and Clifford Brown, because they died in a car crash. In his influential article titled for this album's composer "and Thematic Improvisation," Gunther Schuller presents a bar-by-bar analysis of its last track. This album pays homage to trumpeter Freddie Webster, who died of a heroin overdose in the Strode Hotel, with its track "Strode Rode," which includes a duet between the bandleader and the bassist Doug Watkins. The second side of this album consists of an instrumental adaptation of "Mack the Knife" titled (*) "Moritat," followed by a track on which Max Roach drums a triplet
Immediately after the recording of this album, two of its personnel were forced to cancel a gig with Richie Powell and Clifford Brown, because they died in a car crash. In his influential article titled for this album's composer "and Thematic Improvisation," Gunther Schuller presents a bar-by-bar analysis of its last track. This album pays homage to trumpeter Freddie Webster, who died of a heroin overdose in the Strode Hotel, with its track "Strode Rode," which includes a duet between the bandleader and the bassist Doug Watkins. The second side of this album consists of an instrumental adaptation of "Mack the Knife" titled (*) "Moritat," followed by a track on which Max Roach drums a triplet rhythm figure.The first track on this album is a calypso-inspired piece adapted from a nursery rhyme the composer's mother sang to him during his childhood living in the title Virgin Island. For 10 points, name this album which includes "Blue Seven" and "St. Thomas," a hit for Sonny Rollins titled for his mastery of a woodwind instrument
Immediately after the recording of this album, two of its personnel were forced to cancel a gig with Richie Powell and Clifford Brown, because they died in a car crash.
Saxophone Colossus