Rare Paul Gonsalves Sextet in Europe

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Studio album by Paul Gonsalves
Released 1978
Recorded 1963
Genre Jazz
Length39:24
Label Jazz Connoisseur
Paul Gonsalves chronology
Salt and Pepper
(1963)
Rare Paul Gonsalves Sextet in Europe
(1978)
Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick
(1964)

Rare Paul Gonsalves Sextet in Europe is an album recorded in 1963 by Paul Gonsalves.

Paul Gonsalves American saxophonist and jazz musician

Paul Gonsalves was an American jazz tenor saxophonist best known for his association with Duke Ellington. At the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, Gonsalves played a 27-chorus solo in the middle of Ellington's "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue", a performance credited with revitalizing Ellington's waning career in the 1950s.

Track listing

  1. Robins Nest
  2. Angel Eyes
  3. Blues
  4. Blue and Sentimental
  5. Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool
  6. I Can't Get Started
  7. Just Friends

Performers

Tenor saxophone type of saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while the Alto is pitched in the key of E), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F key have a range from A2 to E5 (concert) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone. People who play the tenor saxophone are known as "tenor saxophonists", "tenor sax players", or "saxophonists".

Ray Nance American musician

Ray Willis Nance was a jazz trumpeter, violinist and singer. He is best remembered for his long association with Duke Ellington and his orchestra.

Trumpet musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the instruments with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpet-like instruments have historically been used as signaling devices in battle or hunting, with examples dating back to at least 1500 BC; they began to be used as musical instruments only in the late 14th or early 15th century. Trumpets are used in art music styles, for instance in orchestras, concert bands, and jazz ensembles, as well as in popular music. They are played by blowing air through nearly-closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound that starts a standing wave vibration in the air column inside the instrument. Since the late 15th century they have primarily been constructed of brass tubing, usually bent twice into a rounded rectangular shape.

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