Harry Babasin and the Jazz Pickers

Harry Babasin was (along with Oscar Pettiford) probably the first bassist to play jazz cello. This LP reissue of a set originally for the MOD (Music of the Day) label features Babasin's Jazz Pickers (a quartet with guitarist Dempsey Wright, bassist Ben Tucker, and drummer Bill Douglass), plus guest vibraphonist Terry Gibbs. The music (five Babasin originals and three veteran standards) swings hard but lightly with Babasin's cello solos being the date's most unusual feature.

Scott Yanow

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Harry Babasin

and

The Jazz Pickers

with special Guest

Terry Gibbs

Tracks

1 Thou Swell (Hart, Rodgers)  3:56

2 Wingo (Babasin)  4:57

3 Basin Street Blues (Williams)  3:19

4 Pee Wee (Babasin)  3:08

5 De Ge (Babasin)  4:11

6 Hoppy (Babasin)  3:52

7 These Foolish Things (Link, Marvell, Strachey)  3:25

8 On Bear Hill (Babasin)  3:41

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Personnel
Harry Babasin - cel
Terry Gibbs - vb
Dempsey Wright - g
Ben Tucker - b
Bill Douglass - dr

Recorded in Hollywood, California ; July, 1957