Straight Ahead
Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Monty Alexander
Straight Ahead
Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Monty Alexander
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This 2CD reissue of two previously released Concord CDs features the Jamaican-born pianist Monty Alexander, bass legend Ray Brown, and jazz guitar icon Herb Ellis, who deliver inspired, straight-ahead jazz at its swinging finest. The trio's relentless rhythmic drive and incessant swing made it of one of jazz's most exciting trios. Disc One, originally titled 'Trio', captures the distinctive interplay of the remarkable threesome in the recording studio. Disc Two, 'Overseas Special', features the dynamic trio live in Japan. Personnel: Monty Alexander (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Herb Ellis (guitar)
Contents and tracklist
- Monty Alexander, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown
- Recorded: 1980-08
- Recording Venue: Coast Recorders - San Francisco, CA
Gladys DuBois, Con Conrad, Russ Columbo, William Rivera:
You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love
Work length3:53
- Monty Alexander, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown
- Recorded: 1980-08
- Recording Venue: Coast Recorders - San Francisco, CA
- Herb Ellis, Monty Alexander
- Recorded: 1980-08
- Recording Venue: Coast Recorders - San Francisco, CA
- Monty Alexander, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown
- Recorded: 1980-08
- Recording Venue: Coast Recorders - San Francisco, CA
- Monty Alexander, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown
- Recorded: 1980-08
- Recording Venue: Coast Recorders - San Francisco, CA
- Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Monty Alexander
- Recorded: 1980-08
- Recording Venue: Coast Recorders - San Francisco, CA
- Recorded: 1980-08
- Recording Venue: Coast Recorders - San Francisco, CA
- Monty Alexander, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown
- Recorded: 1980-08
- Recording Venue: Coast Recorders - San Francisco, CA
- Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Monty Alexander
- Recorded: 1980-08
- Recording Venue: Coast Recorders - San Francisco, CA
- Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Monty Alexander
- Recorded: 1982-03
- Recording Venue: Satin Doll Club- Tokyo
- Monty Alexander, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown
- Recorded: 1982-03
- Recording Venue: Satin Doll Club- Tokyo
- Ray Brown, Monty Alexander
- Recorded: 1982-03
- Recording Venue: Satin Doll Club- Tokyo
- Herb Ellis, Monty Alexander
- Recorded: 1982-03
- Recording Venue: Satin Doll Club- Tokyo
- Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Monty Alexander
- Recorded: 1982-03
- Recording Venue: Satin Doll Club- Tokyo
- Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Monty Alexander
- Recorded: 1984