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Recordings by brothers who play the identical instrument are fairly rarein jazz, but trumpeters Conte and Pete Candoli made several valuable records together without sibling rivalry. The ten selections on this album draw favorites from swing, bop, cool, and hard bop, with an excellent rhythm section (pianist Jimmy Rowles, guitarist Howard Roberts, bassist Max Bennett, and drummer Frank Capp) complementing the brothers. The high points include a wild “Caravan,” with an exotic vamp by Rowles (as well as a daring solo) in support of their unison lines, the catchy blues “Splanky” from Count Basie’s band book (with terrific call and response between the trumpeters), and a funny arrangement of Charlie Parker’s “Ah-Leu-Cha” that has a disguised Latin introduction. Roberts and Rowles come to the forefront with the muted trumpets playing riffs behind them in “Doodlin’.” Rowles’ brilliant scoring of “Willow Weep for Me” has a sassy air rather than the typical bittersweet flavor. This album was originally recorded for Mercury, and after being out of print for decades it was reissued on CD by Universal in Japan.

Splanky (Hefti) 3:46
Soak Yo’ Sally (Candoli) 2:57
A-Lue-Cha (Parker) 3:39
Rifts For Rosie (Candoli) 2:34
Caravan (Tizol, Ellington, Mills) 4:38
Take The “A” Train (Strayhorn) 2:31
Doodlin’ (Silver) 3:15
Willow Weep For Me (Ronell) 4:30
Blueing Boogie (Gillespie) 3:06
Richard Diamond’s Blues (Rugulo) 3:03

Personnel
Conte Candoli & Pete Candoli – tp
Jimmy Rowles – p
Howard Roberts – g
Max Bennett – b
Frank Capp – dr
Recorded probably Los Angeles, California, 1959

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1 Say Hello (Rome) 2:15
From DeStry Rides Again
2 Small World (Sondheim, Styne) 2:33
From Gypsy
3 Look Who’s in Love (Fields, Hague) 2:14
From Redhead
4 Love, Look Away (Hammerstein, Rodgers) 2:27
From Flower Drum Song
5 Lazy Moon (Kerr, Kerr, Ford, Anderson) 2:02
From Goldilocks
6 I Feel Sorry for the Girl (Goldman, Paxton, Weiss) 2:25
From First Impressions
7 My Girl Is Just Enough Woman for Me (Fields, Hague) 2:01
From Redhead
8 I Know Your Kind (Rome) 2:29
From Destry Rides Again
9 You Are Beautiful (Hammerstein, Rodgers) 2:56
From Flower Drum Song
10 Just for Once (Fields, Hague) 2:02
From Redhead
11 Love Will Find out the Way (Goldman, Paxton, Weiss) 2:09
From First Impressions
12 You’ll Never Get Away from Me (Stephen, Sonheim, Styne) 2:18

From Gypsy

Personnel
Urbie Green – tb
Nat Pierce – p
Barry Galbraith – g
Milt Hinton – b
Don Lamond – dr

Recorded in New York City ; March & April 1959

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Shortly after leaving Count Basie’s Orchestra, tenor saxophonist Frank Foster led this quintet set for Prestige, which in 1997 was reissued on CD in the Original Jazz Classics series. Foster shows off the influence of John Coltrane (as opposed to his earlier cool-toned style) and matches well with the occasionally fiery trumpet of Virgil Jones, pianist Albert Dailey, bassist Bob Cunningham and drummer Alan Dawson. In addition to Fats Waller’s “Jitterbug Waltz,” Foster performs five originals, some of which (like “Raunchy Rita”) fall into the area of funky hard bop. Spirited music.

1 Raunchy Rita (Foster)  5:28
2 Janie Huk (Foster)  11:16
3 Thingaroo (Foster)  3:30
4 Baby Ann (Foster)  6:00
5 Jitterbug Waltz (Maltby, Fats Waller)  9:20
6 Disapproachment (Foster)  5:46

Personnel
Frank Foster – ts
Virgil Jones – tp
Al Dailey – p
Bob Cunningham – b
Alan Dawson – dr

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey ; December 2, 1965

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