This was the Boston school of jazz in more ways than one. The Stable was a Jazz Workshop where most of the important developments in New Englands mid-50s jazz scene were made. The men who played regularly there invited Bostons serious young jazzmen to sit in ; there were no cutting sessions; newcomers were not given a rough time in a sink or swim situation. These men were performing a service to jazz and made Boston an important center for developing jazz talent. Its epitomised by the key band of Herb Pomeroy and His Stablemates.
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A well-integrated ensemble packed with quality musicians, the quintet served up a fine brand of bop-derived contemporary swing, hard blowing, fast thinking, to a full house in the small room, and always with the essential emotional elements that all good jazz must comunícate.
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Herb Pomeroy
Jazz in a Stable
Tracks
1 It Might As Well Be Spring (Rodgers, Hart) 8:30
2 Honey Bunny (Byard) 3:59
3 Moten Swing (Moten, Moten) 5:11
4 Porta Desks and Tuxedos (Pomeroy) 5:48
5 One Bass Hit (Brown, Fuller, Gillespie) 4:39
6 Off Minor (Monk) 7:08
7 Sweet and Lovely (Arnheim, Tobias, Lemare) 9:42
8 Ray's Idea (Brown, Fuller) 6:58
9 Dear Old Stockholm (Trad.) 6:31
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Personnel
Herb Pomeroy - tp
Varty Haroutunian - ts
Ray Santisi - p
John Neves - b
Jimmy Zitano - dr
Recorded live at the Stable, Boston ; March 13, 1955