Curtis Counce - You Get More Bounce With Courtis Counce (1957)

Although the title and even the cover photo have been changed, this CD reissue has the same music as was earlier issued as Counceltation; the "bonus cut" "Woody 'n You" has also been reissued on Sonority. In any case, the program features the underrated but talented Curtis Counce Quintet of 1956-1957, a group consisting of the bassist/leader, trumpeter Jack Sheldon, tenor saxophonist Harold Land, pianist Carl Perkins, and drummer Frank Butler. Counce contributed two originals but otherwise the band sticks to jazz standards, with some of the best moments being on "Too Close for Comfort," "Mean to Me," and Charlie Parker's "Big Foot."

1. Complete

2. How Deep Is The Ocean

3. Too Close For Comfort

4. Mean To Me

5. Stranger In Paradise

6. Counceltation

7. Big Foot

8. Woody 'n You

Curtis Counce (b) Carl Perkins (p) Harold Land (ts) Jack Sheldon (tp) Frank Butler (d)

Introducing Carl Perkins (1956)

Recorded two years before legendary West Coast pianist's death. With Leroy Vinnegar and Lawrence Marable. Six Perkins originals make this an important document. He is an important sideman. Here as a leader he shows his true worth. A must find/buy.

Michael J. Nastos

allmusic.com

1. Way Cross Town

2. I Don't Know What Love Is

3. The Lady Is A Tramp

4. Marblehead

5. Woody 'n You

6. West Side aka MIA

7. Just Friends

8. It Could Happen To You

9. Why Do I Care

10. Liliacs In The Rain

11. Carl's Blues

12. West Side aka MIA (alternate take)

Carl Perkins (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Lawrence Marable (d)