The Jazz Guitar Of Joe Puma (1954-1957)

Tracklisting: 1. Loris (Joe Puma) 4:12 2. A Little Rainy (Joe Puma) 3:09 3. What Is There To Say (Duke-Harburg) 2:49 4. Hallelujah (Youmans-Robin-Grey) 3:26 5. How About You? (Lane-Freed) 3:28 6. Pumatic (Joe Puma) 4:07 7. Liza (G. & I. Gershwin) 3:06 8. Moon Song (Johnston-Costow) 3:08 9. I’m Old Fashioned (Kern-Mercer) 2:46 10. Time Was (Prado-Luna) 2:21 11. Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Waller-Razaf-Brooks) 2:27 12. Li’l Basses (Dick Garcia) 2:45 13. Unison Blues (Vinnie Burke) 4:19 14. Ubas (Oscar Pettiford) 5:04 15. Blues For Midge (Joe Puma) 5:54 16. Stablemmates (Benny Golson) 5:51 17. I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good (Ellington-Webster) 4:37 18. Mother Of Earl (Earl Zindars) 4:34 19. Indian Summer (Herbert-Dubin) 7:10 Tracks 1-8: Joe Puma, Barry Galbraith, Don Elliot, Vinnie Burke, Ted Sommer. New Yor City, November 30, 1954. Tracks 9-12: joe Puma, Dick Garcia,Dante martucci, Al Levitt. New York City, December 1955. Track 13: Joe Puma, Eddie Costa, Vinnie Burke, Jimmy Campbell. New York City, July 1956. Tracks 14-16: Joe Puma, Eddie Costa, Oscar Pettiford. New York City, 1957. Tracks 17-19: Joe Puma, Bill Evans, Oscar Pettiford, Paul Motian. New York City, 1957. Featuring: Joe Puma (g), Barry Galbraith, Dick Garcia (g), Don Elliott (vibes), Bill Evans, Eddie Costa (p), Vinnie Burke, Dante Martucci, Oscar Pettiford (b), Ted Sommer, Al Levitt, Jimmy Campbell, Paul Motian (d) Joe Puma (1927-2000) was a guitarist of imagination and skill that, despite emerging from New York under the shadow of Tal Farlow and Jimmy Raney, made some excellent recordings as a leader with some great and inventive jazzmensuch as Bill Evans, Eddie Costa, Don Elliott, Oscar Pettiford and Paul Motian. This CD is a swinging, warm set of well-thought out sessions, that manage to retain essential spontaneity meaningfully throughout the solos. Puma’s approach is tasteful, gentle and unpretentious, and his finely-etched, sensitive guitar playing garnered the respect of his fellow musicians and such critical acclaim as the 1957 New Star award for his instrument in the poll conducted by Metronome magazine.

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