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- Date Released: September 17, 1958
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Classic Jazz, Bebop
- Label: Fantasy / Riverside
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We Say...
The album opens with a two-minute, 30-second monologue in which super-legendary jazz drummer Jones adopts the voice of the world's only "bebop Dracula" and rambles about instant-blood and jugular veins, then urges children to drink their blood "before it clots." I find Jones' bebop preferable to Kidz Bop, a group that also offers an album loaded with Halloween hits. Jones' "Blues" has no singing children but it does feature nice sax, drums and bass. "Trick Street" is full of false stops and knocking drumbeats; "Ow!" features feisty toots from Nat Adderley's cornet, and a textured, melodic drum solo from Jones. The cover art is worth a quick laugh; the music is worth a longer listen, through the holiday and beyond. And now children, as Jones would (and did) say: Go to the belfry and play with the bats.
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They Say...
Drummer Philly Joe Jones' debut recording as a leader, made shortly after he left Miles Davis' Quintet, starts out with his amusing but overly long monologue on "Blues for Dracula," during which he does his best to imitate Bela Lugosi. The remainder of the set (which has been reissued on CD) is more conventional, with fine playing from cornetist Nat Adderley, trombonist Julian Priester, the great tenor Johnny Griffin, pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and the drummer/leader. Dizzy Gillespie's "Ow" and Cal Massey's "Fiesta" are heard in lengthy versions on the worthwhile but not overly essential release.
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| 01. |  |
Blues For Dracula |
8:18 |
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| 02. | |
Trick Street |
3:54 |
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| 03. | |
Fiesta |
10:27 |
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| 04. | |
Tune Up |
8:08 |
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| 05. | |
Ow! |
12:12 |
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05 Total Tracks, 42:59 Total Length
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Credits
- Nat Adderley - Cornet // Nat Adderley - Cornet // Nat Adderley - Cornet // Nat Adderley - Cornet // Nat Adderley - ? // Nat Adderley - ? // Nat Adderley - ? // Nat Adderley - ? // Tommy Flanagan - Piano // Tommy Flanagan - Piano // Tommy Flanagan - Piano // Tommy Flanagan - Piano // Tommy Flanagan - ? // Tommy Flanagan - ? // Tommy Flanagan - ? // Tommy Flanagan - ? // Johnny Griffin - Saxophone // Johnny Griffin - Saxophone // Johnny Griffin - Saxophone // Johnny Griffin - Saxophone // Johnny Griffin - Saxophone // Johnny Griffin - Sax (Tenor) // Johnny Griffin - Sax (Tenor) // Johnny Griffin - Sax (Tenor) // Johnny Griffin - Sax (Tenor) // Johnny Griffin - Sax (Tenor) // Johnny Griffin - ? // Johnny Griffin - ? // Johnny Griffin - ? // Johnny Griffin - ? // Johnny Griffin - ? // Philly Joe Jones - Drums // Philly Joe Jones - Drums // Philly Joe Jones - Main Performer // Philly Joe Jones - Main Performer // Philly Joe Jones - Performer // Philly Joe Jones - Performer // Julian Priester - Trombone // Julian Priester - Trombone // Julian Priester - ? // Julian Priester - ? // Jimmy Garrison - Bass // Jimmy Garrison - ? // Phil DeLancie - Digital Remastering // Orrin Keepnews - Producer // Orrin Keepnews - Liner Notes // Paul Weller - Photography // Paul Weller - Photography // Paul Bacon - Cover Design
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