Atlantic Jazz: Mainstream

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: 1990
• Total Time: 49:15
• Type: Collection (various artists), Instrumental
• Genre: Jazz

Review

Atlantic's exhaustive jazz series rolls on with an enigmatically titled roundup of swing and bop veterans. One would guess that "Mainstream" here refers to the absence of any envelope-pushing types from the hard bop and free jazz camps. Instead, listeners will be wowed by the stately and vintage sounds of a mid-'50s Coleman Hawkins and Milt Jackson collaboration, Tony Fruscella's cool-toned trumpet work, the MJQ's chamber jazz, and some latter-day big-band delights from Ellington and Woody Herman. Topping things off, onetime Atlantic star Ray Charles goes all smooth on "Ain't Misbehavin'" and bop drum kit innovator Kenny Clarke delivers some European echoes in an expat ensemble co-led by Belgian pianist Francy Boland. A treat. ~ Stephen Cook, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
I'll Be Seeing You	Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal	Tony Fruscella	(3:14)
Ain't Misbehavin' (Lyrics)	Fats Waller, Andy Razaf, Harry Brooks	Ray Charles	(5:37)
Stuffy	Coleman Hawkins	Milt Jackson, Coleman Hawkins	(5:39)
Django	John Lewis	The Modern Jazz Quartet	(4:34)
Daphné	Django Reinhardt	Stéphane Grappelli	(3:19)
Perdido	Ervin Drake, Juan Tizol, H.J. Lengsfelder	Duke Ellington	(5:03)
Embraceable You	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Duke Ellington	(7:00)
Four Brothers	Jimmy Giuffre	Woody Herman	(3:31)
Everything Happens to Me	Matt Dennis, Tom Adair	Ira Sullivan	(5:43)
Speedy Reeds	Francy Boland	Clarke-Boland Big Band	(5:35)

Credits

Al Porcino (Trumpet), Med Flory (Sax (Baritone)), Jimmy Woode (Bass), Billy Mitchell (Sax (Tenor)), Jacques Lubin (Engineer), Jimmy Giuffre (Arranger), Charlie Byrd (Guitar), Lawrence Brown (Trombone), Bill Anthony (Bass), Clarke-Boland Big Band (Performer), Ira Sullivan (Flugelhorn), Milt Jackson (Vibraphone), Tony Fruscella (Performer), Raymond Katarsynski (Trombone), Art Farmer (Flugelhorn), Michael Paraskevas (Illustrations), Coleman Hawkins (Performer), Steve Swallow (Bass), John Cue (Engineer), Tommy Flanagan (Piano), Ronnie Scott (Sax (Tenor)), Chuck Connors (Trombone), Monty Budwig (Bass), Ed Michel (Associate Producer), Tom Dowd (Engineer), Buster Cooper (Trombone), Benny Bailey (Trumpet), Ernie Shepard (Bass), Ira Sullivan (Trumpet), Bill Chase (Trombone), Bill Smiley (Trombone), Idrees Sulieman (Trumpet), Ira Sullivan (Performer), Carl Drevo (Sax (Tenor)), Duke Ellington (Piano), Roy Burrowes (Trumpet), Johnny Hodges (Sax (Alto)), Erich Kleinschuster (Trombone), Jimmy Hamilton (Sax (Tenor)), Zoot Sims (Sax (Tenor)), Cat Anderson (Piano), Kenny Clarke (Drums), David "Fathead" Newman (Sax (Tenor)), Pierre Cavalli (Guitar (Electric)), Ed Michel (?), Stéphane Grappelli (Performer), Ray Nance (Cornet), Eddie Jones (Bass), Harry Carney (Clarinet), Bob Defrin (Design), Jerry Wexler (Producer), Percy Heath (Bass), Kenny Burrell (Guitar), Ray Charles (Performer), Guy Pedersen (Bass), Ed Michel (Digital Transfers), Joe Harris (Tympani [Timpani]), Russell Procope (Sax (Alto)), Paul Gonsalves (Sax (Tenor)), Harry Carney (Sax (Baritone)), Tony Buzzeo (Assistant Producer), Si Zentner (Trombone), Daniel Humair (Drums), Ahmet Ertegun (Executive Producer), Roosevelt Sheffield (Bass), Ray Charles (Piano), Don Lanphere (Sax (Tenor)), William Peeples (Drums), Jimmy Hamilton (Clarinet), Conte Candoli (Trumpet), Cootie Williams (Trumpet), David "Fathead" Newman (Performer), Phil Iehle (Engineer), Bill Perkins (Sax (Tenor)), Duke Ellington (Producer), Mel Lewis (Drums), Connie Kay (Drums), John Snyder (Producer), Ahmed Muvaffak Falay (Trumpet), William Fry (Bass), Sam Woodyard (Drums), Milt Jackson (Performer), Frank Abbey (Engineer), Keg Johnson (Trombone), Roger Guerin (Trumpet), Tony Fruscella (Trumpet), Bill Triglia (Piano), Richie Kamuca (Sax (Tenor)), Victor Feldman (Piano), Nesuhi Ertegun (Producer), Nat Peck (Trombone), Ake Persson (Trombone), Jim Hall (Guitar (Electric)), The Modern Jazz Quartet (Performer), Urbie Green (Trombone), Sahib Shihab (Sax (Baritone)), Derek Humble (Sax (Alto)), Jose Cigno (Drums), Ira Sullivan (Sax (Tenor)), Ray Linn (Trumpet), John Lewis (Piano), Duke Ellington (Arranger), Woody Herman (Performer), Edmond Arnie (Trumpet), Walter Perkins (Drums), Jimmy Deuchar (Trumpet), Coleman Hawkins (Sax (Tenor)), Francy Boland (Arranger), Russell Procope (Clarinet), Earle Brown (Engineer), Leo Petit (Guitar (Rhythm)), Stéphane Grappelli (Violin), Art Farmer (Performer), Duke Ellington (Performer), Dolphe Castellano (Piano), Francy Boland (Piano), Bradley Junior (Drums), Bob Defrin (Art Direction), Sahib Shihab (Flute), Frank Huggins (Trumpet), Cat Anderson (Arranger)