John Lewis - The Wonderful World Of Jazz / Pure Pleasure

If he was usually on the road with the "Modern Jazz Quartet", the pianist John Lewis shows his talent on "A Wonderful World of Jazz" once with other strong musicians.

The 1961 recording will please die-hard fans of old-time jazz as well as new listeners; subtly swinging and melodic. A highlight is definitely the quarter-hour interpretation

of "Body & Soul", in which tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves plays one of his strongest solos.

John Lewis (p), Jim Hall (g), Eric Dolphy (as), James River (bar), Benny Golson / Paul Gonsalves (ts), Herb Pomeroy (tp), Gunther Schuller (frh), George Duvivier (b), Connie Kay (dr)

Title

Side One

1. Body And Soul

2. I Should Care

Side Two

3. Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West

4. Afternoon In Paris

5. I Remember Clifford