Drummer Art Taylor: `A.T.`s Delight`

Tonight`s Jazz Feature is one of the few albums under his name that he recorded despite the fact that master drummer Arthur Taylor was on literally hundreds of recording sessions in the 50`s and 60`s. He played with everyone of note from Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk et al. The Jazz Feature album is called `A.T.`s Delight` and it is one that Art Taylor was proud of. He selected the tunes and picked the personnel. First up is the underrated and under recorded trumpeter Dave Burns. On tenor saxophone is a young up and coming star, Stanley Turrentine. On piano is Wynton Kelly and Taylor`s favorite bassist, Paul Chambers. Where heard is the great conga player Carlos `Patato` Valdes, he is on some tunes. The set is a good one beginning with Coltrane`s `Syeeda`s Song Flute` followed by Thelonious Monk`s `Epistrophy` and that is followed by the up tempo `Move`. Trumpeter Kenny Dorham was commissioned by Art Taylor to write two tunes for this date and the first is called `High Seas`. Following this one is a Taylor composition reflecting his Caribbean heritage called `Cookoo and Fungi` (a West Indian dish). The final tune is the second Dorham composition called `Blue Interlude`. Taylor was happy with this date done at RVG Studio on August 8, 1960 and you will be too when you hear it.....`A.T.`s Delight`.