Last Chorus
1958 studio album by Ernie Henry
Last Chorus Ernie Henry featuring tracks recorded in 1956 and 1957 for the Riverside label.[ 1]
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with Scott Yanow stating "Overall, the music is fine and, surprisingly, does not have an unfinished air about it. It does make one wish that Ernie Henry had taken better care of his health, as he was just beginning to develop a sound of his own".[ 2]
Track listing
"Autumn Leaves " (Joseph Kosma , Johnny Mercer , Jacques Prévert ) - 3:15
"Beauty and the Blues" (Benny Golson ) - 6:28
"All the Things You Are " (Oscar Hammerstein II , Jerome Kern ) - 7:49
"Melba's Tune" (Melba Liston ) - 2:41
"S'posin'" [alternate take] (Paul Denniker, Andy Razaf ) - 4:54 - from 2 Horns/2 Rhythm
"Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are" [excerpt] (Thelonious Monk ) - 6:58 - from Monk's Brilliant Corners album
"Like Someone in Love " [alternate take] (Johnny Burke , Jimmy Van Heusen ) - 4:40 - from Seven Standards and a Blues
"Cleo's Chant" [alternate take] (Ernie Henry) - 8:31 - from Presenting Ernie Henry Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on August 30, 1956 (track 8), October 9, 1956 (track 6), September 15, 1957 (tracks 1-4), September 30, 1957 (track 7) and November 13, 1957 (track 5)
The Fresh Sound CD The Last Sessions adds the octet track Stablemates to the 3 octet and 1 quintet tracks and combines them with the complete Seven Standards and a Blues album.
Personnel
Ernie Henry - alto saxophone Lee Morgan (tracks 1-4) - Kenny Dorham (Tracks 5 & 8) trumpet Melba Liston - trombone (tracks 1, 2 & 4)Benny Golson (tracks 1, 2 & 4), Sonny Rollins mostly ensemble (track 6) - tenor saxophone Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2 & 4)Kenny Drew (track 8), Wynton Kelly (tracks 1-4 & 7), Thelonious Monk (track 6) - piano Paul Chambers (tracks 1-4), Eddie Mathias (track 5), Oscar Pettiford (track 6), Wilbur Ware (tracks 7 & 8) - bass G. T. Hogan (track 5), Philly Joe Jones (tracks 1-4 & 7), Max Roach (track 6), Art Taylor (track 8) - drums
References
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release .
As leader WithArt Blakey WithHank With
Minor Move Tina Brooks , 1958)Blue Train John Coltrane , 1957)Intensity Charles Earland , 1972)Charles III Brass Shout Art Farmer , 1959)Sliding Easy Curtis Fuller , 1959)The Curtis Fuller Jazztet Images of Curtis Fuller Dizzy in Greece Dizzy Gillespie , 1957)Birks' Works Dizzy Gillespie at Newport Benny Golson and the Philadelphians Benny Golson , 1958)A Blowin' Session Johnny Griffin , 1957)Mode for Joe Joe Henderson , 1966)Last Chorus Ernie Henry , 1957)Grass Roots Andrew Hill , 1968)Lift Every Voice Flute-In Bobbi Humphrey , 1971)The Prime Element Elvin Jones , 1969)Drums Around the World Philly Joe Jones , 1959)The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones Cliff Jordan Clifford Jordan , 1957)Kelly Great Wynton Kelly , 1959)Greasy Kid Stuff! Harold Mabern , 1970)Jacknife Jackie McLean , 1965)Consequence Evolution Grachan Moncur , 1963)Introducing Wayne Shorter Night Dreamer Wayne Shorter , 1964)House Party Jimmy Smith , 1957–58)The Sermon! Mr. Natural Stanley Turrentine , 1964)Tender Moments McCoy Tyner , 1967)Easterly Winds Jack Wilson , 1967)Mother Ship Larry Young , 1969)Love Bug Reuben Wilson , 1969)
