Paul Gonsalves, Clark Terry & Jimmy Woode - Cookin' - Complete 1956-1957 Sessions (2011)

Those who were at the Newport jazz festival in July 1956 will not forget the name of Paul Gonsalves, tenor sax player and one of the featured soloists in Duke Ellington s band. His memorable 27-chorus blues solo on Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue was ecstatically received by a wildly enthusiastic audience - a surprise success that not only kick-started the revival of Ellington s own career, but also opened many doors for Gonsalves himself. After the festival he found himself in demand as a leader and sideman on various recording dates, typical of which were these swinging sessions, recorded in New York, 1956 and Chicago, 1957 - with well-known Ellingtonians like Clark Terry, Jimmy Woode, and Sam Woodyard, along with talented pianists like Junior Mance and Ramsey Lewis. Also involved are : Mike Simpson (fl), Porter Kilbert (as), Porter Kilbert (bars), Willie Jones (p), Chubby Jackson (b), and Eugene Miller (d).