Vido Musso, Stan Getz, Kay Winding "Loaded" Savoy LP-12074

Vido Musso & Stan Getz & Kai Winding - 1945-46 Loaded
Tracks:

01 Moose in a Caboose (Vido Musso) 2:42
02 Moose on the Loose (Gene Roland) 3:00
03 My Jo-Ann (Boots Mussulli) 3:10
04 Vido in a Jam (Vido Musso) 3:00
05 Bassology (Boots Mussulli) 2:53
06 Spellbound (David M.) 2:59
07 Lem Mego (Lem Davis) 2:49
08 Jam Session at Savoy (Kai Winding) 2:57
09 Sweet Miss (Kai Winding) 3:00
10 Loaded (Bernard Miller) 3:02
11 Grab Your Axe, Max (Kai Winding) 3:23
12 Always (Irving Berlin) 3:19

Personnel:

Tracks 1-4: Kai Winding - Vido Musso Septet

Kai Winding: Trombone
Gene Roland: Valve Trombone
Boots Mussulli: Alto Sax
Vido Musso: Tenor Sax
Marty Napoleon: Piano
Eddie Safranski: Bass
Denzil Best: Drums

Recorded in NYC, on February 25, 1946


Tracks 5-8: Eddie Safranski Octet

Leonard Hawkins: Trumpet on track 5
Gene Roland: Valve Trombone on track 5
Boots Mussullis: Alto Sax on track 5
Lem Davis: Alto Sax on tracks 5,7,8
Vido Musso: Tenor Sax
Sanford Gold: Piano
Eddie Safranski: Bass
Denzil Best: Drums

Recorded in NYC, on February 26, 1946


Tracks 9-12: Kai Winding - Stan Getz Sextet

Shorty Rogers: Trumpet
Kai Winding: Trombone
Stan Getz: Tenor Sax
Shorty Allen: Piano
Iggy Shevack: Bass
Shelly Manne: Drums

Recorded in NYC, on December 14, 1945


"Three different four-song sessions are reissued on this fine CD. The rambunctious and thick-toned tenor-saxophonist Vido Musso leads the first session, heading a septet that also includes both Kai Winding and Gene Roland on trombones, altoist Boots Mussuli, pianist Marty Napoleon, bassist Eddie Safranski and drummer Denzil Best. "Moose in a Caboose" and the heated "Moose on the Loose" are most memorable. The second date is under bassist Safranski's leadership and he uses a similar group with Musso, altoist Lem Davis, Roland, pianist Sanford Gold, Best and on one song trumpeter Leonard Hawkins. Safranski is well-featured (Musso is a strong co-star) and often recalls Jimmy Blanton in his short solos. The last session on this CD is unrelated to the others, an outing by trombonist Kai Winding that also features the young tenor Stan Getz (who in 1945 already sounds reconizable) and trumpeter Shorty Rogers. This final date is more common than the other two (it was formerly included on a Getz LP) but on a whole the CD gives listeners some fine rarities from the 1945-46 period that straddle the boundaries between swing, bop and even cool jazz."

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