Bennie Green - Mosaic Select FLAC download

Description from Mosaic website:"Initially influenced by Trummy Young, trombonist Bennie Green hit the big leagues as a member of Earl Hines’ orchestra in 1942, where he developed a close relationship with emerging bebop pioneer Dizzy Gillespie. He absorbed the expanding harmonies of bop without forsaking his big, rich natural trombone sound. Whether he was in Ellington’s band or Charlie Ventura’s Bop For The People combo, he sounded like…well, Bennie Green.In the early fifties, Bennie found success as a band leader, playing what he liked: a joyful mix of jump tunes, blues, ballads and standards with a Latin tinge. Hit singles like “Blow Your Horn” and “I Wanna Blow” made him a popular jukebox artist of the day.As the fifties progressed, the long-playing album became an important medium for a musician charged with keeping a band working. With roots in both swing and bop, Green had no trouble stretching out and sustaining interest on any musical piece. In 1958, he signed with Blue Note and made three impressive albums (Back On The Scene, Soul Stirrin’ and Walkin’ & Talkin’) as well as a singles session.With Soul Stirrin’, the trombonist made his masterpiece. The presence of two tenors (Gene Ammons and Billy Root), the creative accompaniment of Sonny Clark, Ike Isaacs and Elvin Jones and the hypnotic compositions of Green and Babs Gonzales created a unique and often haunting sound. In 1962, this instrumentation was reprised with equally stunning results on Ike Quebec’s Congo Lament with Green, Stanley Turrentine, Clark, Milt Hinton and Art Blakey.All four of Bennie Green’s dates plus the Quebec session are in this Mosaic Select set which also includes Charlie Rouse, Eddy Williams, Gildo Mahones, George Tucker and Louis Hayes among the sidemen."