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Claude Williamson Trio (Bethlehem)

This 1956 date for Bethlehem boasted the most impassioned and intense performances of Claude Williamson's career to date — backed by bassist Don Prell and drummer Chuck Flores, Williamson channels the energy of collaboration to create a record of uncommon energy. Flores' driving, melodic drums set the pace here, maintaining a strong balance between form and function, while Williamson's piano exhibits a similarly rhythmic edge as well as a restraint that informs the music with tension and depth.
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Source : http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wbfixq95ld0e

Claude Williamson
Claude Williamson

Tracks

1 June Bug (Williamson)  3:42
2 Jersey Bounce (Bradshaw, Feyne, Johnson)  6:12
3 Moonlight in Vermont (Blackburn, Suessdorf)  3:44
4 I'll Remember April (DePaul, Johnston, Raye)  5:00
5 The Last Time I Saw Paris (Hammerstein, Kern)  4:31
6 Blue Notoriety (Williamson)  6:07
7 Embraceable You (Gershwin, Gershwin)  2:32
8 Have You Met Miss Jones ? (Hart, Rodgers)  3:35
9 Hallelujah (Grey, Robins, Youmans)  2:48


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Personnel
Claude Williamson - p
Don Prell - b 
Chuck Flores - dr

Recorded in Hollywood, California ; January 19, 1956