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Track List

1 Now's the Time 04:30
    by Charlie Parker (Atlantic Music Co.)
2 Pennies from Heaven 04:02
    by Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston (Anne-Rachel Music Co.)
3 So What 03:40
    by Miles Davis (Jazz Horn Music Co.)
4 Bless My Soul 04:19
    by Charlie Parker, Eddie Jefferson (Atlantic Music Co.)
5 Keep Walkin' 02:25
    by Arnett Cobb, Eddie Jefferson (Orpheum Music)
6 Trane's Blues 04:58
    by John Coltrane (Jowcol Music)
7 A Night in Tunisia 03:20
    by Dizzy Gillespie (Universal Music Corp.)
8 Body and Soul 05:48
    by John Green, Edward Heyman (Warner Chappell Music, Inc.)
9 Billie's Bounce 04:14
    by Charlie Parker (Atlantic Music Co.)
10 Moody's Mood for Love 04:43
    by James Moody, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh (EMI Robbins Catalog, Inc.)

Total Time: 41:59

About Eddie Jefferson at Ali's Alley

This remaster is made from a reel of a 1976 performance featuring vocalese master Eddie Jefferson with Rashied Ali Quintet. Documented in the emerging downtown New York loft scene at Ali's Alley, Jefferson's art and career - which was overlooked for many years - was finally undergoing a deserved revival. This rare ensemble played two nights in July of which the latter is released here unedited. The selections are Jefferson classics; all original lyrics to bebop standards including the classic horn solos, which Jefferson interprets with his own spicy and witty sense of humor. This historical recording is a must for all singers and vocal jazz, vocalese and scat fans, not to mention jazz historians who will want to place this important recording in the collection of classic jazz performances.

Credits

Rashied Ali - drums
Eddie Jefferson - voice
Jimmy Vass - saxophone
Marvin Blackman - saxophone
Marsha Frazier - piano
Benny Wilson - bass

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