The New York Jazz Quartet in Chicago

The New York Jazz Quartet in Chicago
Studio album by Roland Hanna
Released	1982
Recorded	July 27, 1981
Studio	P.S. Studios, Chicago IL
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:57
Label	Bee Hive Records BH 7013
Producer	Jim Neumann, Susan Neumann
Roland Hanna chronology

Last updated February 28, 2019

The New York Jazz Quartet in Chicago is an album by pianist Roland Hanna and the New York Jazz Quartet which was recorded in 1981 and released on the Bee Hive label.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Roland Pembroke Hanna was an American jazz pianist, composer, and teacher.

The New York Jazz Quartet was founded by pianist Roland Hanna. First consisting of flautist Hubert Laws, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Billy Cobham, in 1974 the lineup changed to Frank Wess, bassist George Mraz, and drummer Ben Riley. Richie Pratt and Grady Tate also contributed. The group recorded for the Inner City, Enja, Salvation and Sonet Records from 1972 to 1982.

Bee Hive Records was a jazz record company and label established in 1977 by Jim and Susan Neumann in Chicago.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[6]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated, "The New York Jazz Quartet gave pianist Roland Hanna, Frank Wess (doubling on tenor and flute), bassist George Mraz and drummer Ben Riley an opportunity to collaborate and, although the group did not develop any innovations, it did record several excellent albums. This Bee Hive album is one of their more extroverted affairs".^[6]

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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Four the Hard Way"	Frank Wess	8:56
2.	"Wisteria"	George Mraz	4:16
3.	"Raise a Ruckus"	Roland Hanna	6:20
4.	"H & T Blues"	Thad Jones	7:07
5.	"Ain’t Nothin’ New"	Jones	3:51
6.	"You Don't Know What Love Is"	Gene de Paul, Don Raye	8:27
Total length:			38:57

Personnel

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700, in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.

Frank Wellington Wess was an American jazz saxophonist and flautist. In addition to his extensive solo work, Wess is remembered for his time in Count Basie's band from the early 1950s into the 1960s. Critic Scott Yannow described him as one of the premier proteges of Lester Young, and a leading jazz flautist of his era—using the latter instrument to bring new colors to Basie's music.

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 A♭₂ 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".

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References

↑ Mosaic Records: The Complete Bee Hive Sessions - Track Listing, Personnel & Recording Dates, accessed September 19, 2017
↑ Jazzlists: Bee Hive Records discography, accessed September 19, 2017
↑ Jazzlists: Roland Hanna discography, accessed September 19, 2017
↑ Selected Sir Roland Hanna Discography, accessed September 19, 2017
↑ New York Jazz Quartet Catalog, accessed September 19, 2017
1 2 Yanow, Scott. Roland Hanna: The New York Jazz Quartet in Chicago – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved September 19, 2017.

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[1] Mosaic Records: The Complete Bee Hive Sessions - Track Listing, Personnel & Recording Dates, accessed September 19, 2017

[2] Jazzlists: Bee Hive Records discography, accessed September 19, 2017

[3] Jazzlists: Roland Hanna discography, accessed September 19, 2017

[4] Selected Sir Roland Hanna Discography, accessed September 19, 2017

[5] New York Jazz Quartet Catalog, accessed September 19, 2017

[Allmusic-6] 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Roland Hanna: The New York Jazz Quartet in Chicago – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved September 19, 2017.