Reunion with Al (1993)

About this title: Trombonist Al Jenkins, who recorded with Doc Evans in the late 1940s and Art Hodes in 1956, spent much of his career playing either in the Midwest or in Los Angeles and never achieved much fame. He was an early influence on Dan Barrett's style, so in 1993, the younger trombonist persuaded Jenkins to join him on his record date. As it turned out, this would be Jenkins' final recording, since he passed away Nov. 15, 1996 at the age of 82. In deference to Jenkins, Barrett sticks to cornet exclusively on this CD (it is a pity they did not both play trombone on a song or two). With pianist Ray ... read more

Tracks:

1. Do You Ever Think of Me? [Burtnett/Cooper/Ker]
2. Sugar Blues [Fletcher/Williams]
3. Love Me or Leave Me [Kahn/Donaldson]
4. (When It's) Darkness on the Delta [Symes/Neiburg/Levin]
5. Oh Baby [Murphy]
6. After You've Gone [Creamer/Layton]
7. I Can't Give You Anything But Love [Fields/McHugh]
8. Bright Eyes [Smith/Motzan/Jerome]
9. I Never Knew [Fio Rito/Kahn]
10. You're a Heavenly Thing [Young/Little]
11. Bei Mir Bist du Schön [Cahn/Chaplin/Jacobs]
12. At Sundown [Donaldson]
13. September Song [Anderson/Weill]
14. Girl of My Dreams [Clapp]
15. Rachel's Boogie [Session]
16. Isle of Capri [Kennedy/Grosz]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.