Mel Henke Shock Treatment (2 LP On 2 CD)

Description: Personnel: Mel Henke (p), Bill Newman (g), Bob Reed (b), Lou Singer, Shelly Manne, Sammy Weiss (d) About the things I play: I'd say my treatment of tunes should be classed as repertoire rather than a particular jazz style. This is probably due to the fact that years ago when I first started to play jazz, I would imitate various jazz greats such as Earl Hines, Tatum, and Cleo Brown. (She was the first musician I'd ever heard who played eight-beat piano.) With imitation we can come close but we never really achieve what we try to achieve by imitation, at least I didn't. So I started to develop each tune as an individual composition rather than trying to play every tune in the same style. I had the best luck with this kind of approach, and now I have a repertoire built up over twenty years Incidentally, I usually write the piano parts out note for note even though when I play I never work from the music. This is a kick I got on years ago. I think we get the sound we do because a lot of our stuff is worked out carefully. It isn't what you'd call free improvisation. —Mel Henke, 1956 TRACKLIST: CD 1 01. Dream A Little Dream Of Me (Kahn-Schwendt) 3:42 02. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (McHugh-Fields) 3:03 03. Sentimental Journey (Brown-Green) 2:32 04. Frankie & Johnny (Traditional) 3:43 05. Where Or When (Rodgers-Hart) 5:00 06. Sleepy Time Down South (Renee-Muse) 4:50 07. The Man I Love (G. & I. Gershwin) 5:48 08. Ain't Misbehavin' (Waller-Razaf) 3:15 09. Kammenoi Ostrow (Anton Rubinstein) 3:52 10. Four Deuces (Alex North) 2:57 11. Nola (Felix Arndt) 3:32 12. Liza (G. & I. Gershwin) 3:25 CD 2 01. In A Little Spanish Town (Wayne-Lewis-Young) 3:33 02. Little Rock Getaway (Joe Sullivan) 2:19 03. Mean To Me (Turk-Ahlert) 3:27 04. Toccata (Pietro Domenico Paradies) 2:25 05. Stardust (Carmichael-Parish) 3:34 06. Turkey In The Straw (Traditional) 1:29 07. Shock Treatment (Mel Henke) 2:21 08. Pennies From Heaven (Johnston-Burke) 2:26 09. Tea For Two (Youmans-Caesar) 3:40 10. I Surrender Dear (Barris-Clifford) 4:25 11. Cocky Coo-Coo Clock (Mel Henke) 2:27 12. In A Mist (BIx Beiderbecke) 4:25 13. Frenzied Flight (Mel Henke) 3:04 Sources: CD 1, from the 12-inch album "Dig Mel Henke" (Contemporary C5001) CD 2, from the 12-inch album "Now Spin This! Mel Henke, Vol.2" (Contemporary C5003) Personnel on "Dig Mel Henke": Mel Henke (piano), Bill Newman (guitar), Bob Reed (bass), Lou Singer (drums). Recorded in Hollywood, November 15 & 19, 1954 Personnel on "Now Spin This!": Mel Henke (piano), Bill Newman (guitar), Bob Reed (bass), Shelly Manne (drums), or Sammy Weiss (drums on #4,5,9). Recorded in Hollywood, October 4, 5 & 10, 1955 Sound engineer: John Palladino Recording supervisor: Roy DuNann Photography: Alex de Paola, Tommy Mitchell & Pauline Annon Cover design: Robert Guidi (Tri-Arts) Liner notes: Mel Henke Sessions originally produced by Lester Koenig This compilation produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol Mono · Digitally Remastered

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