East Coast Jazz / 8

by Hal McKusick Quartet

East Coast Jazz / 8 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1955
  • Label: Bethlehem
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.49/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Barry Galbraith, Hal McKusick Quartet, Osie Johnson, Creed Taylor, Milt Hinton

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Featuring a uniquely delicate, almost vibrato-less alto saxophone tone, this quartet session embraces subtle harmonic complexities without relying on sheer velocity. The rhythm section offers light, highly interactive support, creating an airy texture closer to chamber music than aggressive hard bop. The recording exemplifies a distinctly refined, intellectual approach to the New York cool jazz movement.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Taylor Made
  2. You Don't Know What Love Is
  3. They Can't Take That Away From Me
  4. Lullaby For Leslie
  5. Minor Matters
  6. Blue-Who
  7. By-Ian
  8. What's New
  9. Interwoven
  10. Give'em Hal

Credits

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