Milt Hinton and Friends - Here Swings The Judge
Milt Hinton - Bass [Click here to see more vinyl featuring Milt Hinton]
Drums – Jo Jones
Piano – John Bunch
Tenor Saxophone – Frank Wess
Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Budd Johnson
Tenor Saxophone, Piano – Ben Webster (B1 to B3) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Ben Webster]
Trumpet – Jon Faddis
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Pallas
Label : ORG Music
Original Label : Famous Door
Recorded at A & R Recording Studios NYC in March 1975
Engineered by Richard Blakin
Produced by Harry Lim (A1 to A3), Milt Hinton (B1 to B3)
Remastered by Dave Gardner At Infrasonic Mastering
Originally released in 1975
Reissued in 2019
Tracks :
Side A:
Side B:
Reviews :
"Milt Hinton was probably the most recorded bassist in the history of music as a whole, but relatively few recordings were released under his own name. This LP was his first as a leader (if you don't count an earlier duo LP with Jo Jones) and it consists of private recordings that Hinton made with tenor saxophone great Ben Webster prior to Webster's departure for Europe in 1964; the remaining tracks come from a Harry Lim-produced studio session featuring Budd Johnson, Frank Wess, Jon Faddis, John Bunch, and Jo Jones. Although the sessions by Hinton and Webster are informal in nature, they are very rewarding. Their duo performance of "Sophisticated Lady" takes on a new degree of subtlety compared to Webster's better-known recordings of this masterpiece by Duke Ellington. Their take of "All the Things You Are" picks up the pace quite a bit, featuring some masterful playing by both men. Stories about Webster's affinity for playing stride piano after hours are widespread, but the two tracks on this LP that feature the saxophonist on a rather weathered instrument are among the few examples to actually have been commercially released, even if the recording itself (and especially the instrument) are not as high quality as one might hope. The Lim-produced sessions begin with a turbulent but swinging "Blue Skies" featuring both Wess and Johnson on tenor saxes, with the young firebrand Faddis on trumpet. Johnson switches to baritone sax for Hinton's "Blues for the Judge," a slow savory blues. Faddis' mute work and open horn are highlights of the unusual arrangement of "It Had to Be You," along with the leader's incredible basslines and Bunch's superb piano." AllMusic Review by Ken Dryden
Ratings :
AllMusic 4/5 , Discogs 4.38/5