Cone's Coup

by Wycliffe Gordon

Overview

Along with his work with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, among other high-profile gigs, Wycliffe Gordon tends to use his albums as a leader to indulge his primary musical passion: hot jazz in the pre-swing style, as exemplified by Louis Armstrong's Hot Five. Gordon, a trombonist with Jack Teagarden's bawdy New Orleans style in his soul and a vocal style owing much to Armstrong's knowing growl, can write astonishingly accurate originals in 1920s style, such as the opening one-two of the vocal novelty "Shhh!!! (The Band Is Trying to Play)" and the bouncy, onomonopoeaic "Yaht Doo Daht Ditt." However, Gordon is no mere one-note revivalist in the Squirrel Nut Zippers mode, and Cone's Coup also includes reinterpretations of familiar post-bop tunes like John Coltrane's "Mr. P.C." and "Blues for Alice's Freight Train," an exhilarating mash-up of familiar Tommy Flanagan and Charlie Parker tunes that recalls some of Rahsaan Roland Kirk's takes on jazz history. ~ Stewart Mason

Product Details

Release Date:	05/23/2006
Label:	Criss Cross
UPC:	8712474127825
Rank:	108591

Tracks

1. Shhh!!! (The Band Is Trying to Play)
2. Yaht Doo Daht Ditt
3. Sweet Spot
4. Blues for Alice's Freight Train
5. Speak Low
6. The Breaks
7. Blooz Hymn
8. Just Friends
9. Stars Fell on Alabama
10. Mister P.C.
11. Cruise Blues
12. Hush Yo' Mouf!!

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Wycliffe Gordon   Primary Artist,Trombone,Vocals
Stacy Dillard   Saxophone,Sax (Soprano),Sax (Tenor)
Herlin Riley   Drums
Reginald Veal   Bass
Johnny O'Neal   Piano

Technical Credits

Gerry Teekens   Audio Production,Cover Design,Producer
K. Hasselpflug   Executive Producer
Kurt Weill   Composer
Frank Perkins   Composer
Gildas Bocle   Photography
Max Bolleman   Engineer
Sam M. Lewis   Composer
John Klenner   Composer
Russ Musto   Liner Notes
Ogden Nash   Composer