Lenny McBrowne And The Four Souls


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United Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA, October 13, 1960
Personnel:
Don Sleet (tp)
Daniel Jackson (ts)
Terry Trotter (p)
Jimmy Bond (b)
Lenny McBrowne (d)

Tracks
1. Saudi  [Jackson] 4:32
2. No Consideration  [Jackson] 5:45
3. I Don't Know The Melody  [Jackson] 6:15
4. Like Someone In Love  [Burke/VanHeusen] 5:27
5. Eastern Lights  [Jackson] 7:41
6. Even Dozen  [Jackson] 4:16
7. Tryin' And Cryin'  [Jackson] 5:02
8. Chicago Preferred  [Jackson] 4:39

When Lenny McBrowne and the 4 Souls began gigging in Sacramento and San Francisco clubs they were critically hailed as the greatest promise for the future of West Coast jazz. The leader had gained much of his experience working with Harold Land and playing engagements with Sonny Rollins, Benny Golson and Curtis Fuller. His renowned finesse as a drummer was acquired while mastering the subtleties of his mentor, Max Roach.
On these sessions for Riverside, he showed he had become one of the top drummers on the jazz scene, and his young musicians—average age 25—swing hard as a unit. Terry Trotter, Don Sleet and Daniel Jackson are here on top of the demands he placed on them. But what stands out here above all is the rare gift of cohesion, thoroughly mastered by Lenny McBrowne and the 4 Souls.