PAUL GONSALVES

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Gonsalves first professional engagement was with the Sabby Lewis band in Boston. On leaving Lewis he played with Count Basie from 1946-49, was briefly with Dizzy Gillespie, and then joined Duke Ellington in 1950. Gonsalves remained with Ellington for the rest of his life, his occasional absences from the band resulting from his addiction to alcohol and narcotics. Like many other would-be Ellingtonian tenor players, Gonsalves began by learning Ben Webster's "Cottontail" solo note for note, but quickly established his own distinctive style. The circumstance which made Gonsalves' reputation was his appearance with Ellington at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, when his storming, 27-chorus bridge between the opening and closing sections of "Diminuendo And Crescendo In Blue" helped to focus media attention on the band and provided the basis of Ellington's "comeback".

Thereafter, Gonsalves was obliged to play extended gallery-pleasing, up-tempo solos every night, a fact which overshadowed his enormous
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PAUL GONSALVES Cookin' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cookin'
Bop 1958
PAUL GONSALVES Gettin' Together! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gettin' Together!
Bop 1961
PAUL GONSALVES Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cleopatra Feelin' Jazzy
Bop 1963
PAUL GONSALVES Tell It the Way It Is! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tell It the Way It Is!
Bop 1963
PAUL GONSALVES Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick
Bop 1964
PAUL GONSALVES Paul Gonsalves, Tubby Hayes : Just Friends album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Paul Gonsalves, Tubby Hayes : Just Friends
Bop 1965
PAUL GONSALVES Paul Gonzalves / François Guin ‎: Avec Les Swingers Et Les Four Bones album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Paul Gonzalves / François Guin ‎: Avec Les Swingers Et Les Four Bones
Bop 1970
PAUL GONSALVES Paul Gonsalves in Paris album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Paul Gonsalves in Paris
Bop 1970
PAUL GONSALVES Humming Bird album cover 2.50 | 1 ratings
Humming Bird
Post Bop 1970
PAUL GONSALVES Paul Gonsalves and His All Stars album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Paul Gonsalves and His All Stars
Post Bop 1970
PAUL GONSALVES Ellingtonia Moods & Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ellingtonia Moods & Blues
Bop 1971
PAUL GONSALVES Just a Sittin a Rockin album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Just a Sittin a Rockin
Bop 1973
PAUL GONSALVES The Buenos Aires Session (With Willie Cook & Enrique Villegas) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Buenos Aires Session (With Willie Cook & Enrique Villegas)
Post Bop 1977
PAUL GONSALVES Paul Gonsalvez / Paul Quinichette / Orchestre G. 0.00 | 0 ratings
Paul Gonsalvez / Paul Quinichette / Orchestre G. "Dave" Pochonet
Bop 1977
PAUL GONSALVES Mexican Bandit Meets Pittsburgh album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mexican Bandit Meets Pittsburgh
Bop 1986

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PAUL GONSALVES Rare Paul Gonsalves Sextet In Europe 1963 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Rare Paul Gonsalves Sextet In Europe 1963
Bop 1978

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PAUL GONSALVES Paul Gonsalves Meets Earl Hines album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Paul Gonsalves Meets Earl Hines
Bop 1992
PAUL GONSALVES Jazz Masters 100 Ans de Jazz - e.f.s.a. Collection album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Masters 100 Ans de Jazz - e.f.s.a. Collection
Bop 1997
PAUL GONSALVES Cookin' (Complete 1956-1957 Sessions) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cookin' (Complete 1956-1957 Sessions)
Post Bop 2008
PAUL GONSALVES Paul Gonsalves - Clark Terry Quintet : Complete Recordings album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Paul Gonsalves - Clark Terry Quintet : Complete Recordings
Bop 2008
PAUL GONSALVES Just Friends / London Swings album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Just Friends / London Swings
Bop 2011

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PAUL GONSALVES Humming Bird

Album · 1970 · Post Bop
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Sean Trane
This writer is actually fairly new to Gonsalves’ musical world - this is actually the first solo album of his I hear consciously, barely being aware of his long big-band experience (Ellington, Basie and Gillepsie), as I was actually drawn into it by Wheeler’s presence on this album and the date of recording (I’m a 65-75 fan and by extension 59-79). Alas, I must say disappointment struck me fairly hard: I was expecting Gonsalves to rise to era’s tendencies, but he was obviously obliviously blind (or deaf) to it, since this album could’ve been easily played in the early 50’s.

Soooo, just be aware that this kind of jazz is definitely not my cup of tea or my favoured-type of Scotch (this is a Bourbon,, and I’m a Speyside man), despite an interesting almost-rocking and rollicking Sticks, but that’s the exception that confirms prior-59 rule. Despite featuring a bunch of British jazzmen at the turn of the 60’s (both references to me), this Humming Bird will not be fluttering by that kind of flower too long. Don’t let these uneducated utterances deter you, especially if you like old-timer jazz, though.

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