This episode was supposed to be completely dedicated to Walter Norris, but during a recent hunt for obscure CDs the programme maker came across a copy that completely disrupted that intention. That is why in the first part of the episode, you will hear six pieces from a CD financed by the Vrienden van het Rotterdams Conservatorium, the friends of the Conservatory of Rotterdam. On this CD, released fifteen years ago (July 2010), you will hear three promising youngsters, accompanied by the then head of the jazz programme: the acclaimed bassist Hein Van de Geyn.
In the second part of the episode you will hear Walter Norris as a sideman in the quintet of alto saxophonist Herb Geller, in four pieces recorded in December 1957 in Los Angeles.
PLAYLIST
*Jasper van Damme (altsax), Bert Cools (guitar), Hein Van de Geyn (baas), Mark Schilders (drums)
# 1. Cheryl (Charlie Parker) (4:59)
# 2. Milestones (Miles Davis) (5:15)
# 3. My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart) (5:32)
# 4. I Fall In Love Too Easily (Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn) (4:57)
# 5. How Deep Is The Ocean (Irving Berlin) (4:49)
# 6. Everything Happens To Me (Tom Adair-Matt Dennis) (4:40)
Source: Jasper van Damme-Bert Cools-Hein van de Geyn-Mark Schilders: Milestones (Codarts CD 003) Recording: Studio Fattoria Musica,
Osnabrück, 10 June 2010
*Herb Geller (altsax), Walter Norris (piano), Victor Feldman (vibraphone), Leroy Vinnegar (bass), Tony Bazley (drums)
# 7. Nightmare Alley (Herb Geller) (6:01)
# 8. A Cool Day (Herb Geller) (7:00)
# 9. The Princess (Herb Geller) (4:11)
# 10. It Might As Well Be Spring (Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein) (9:13)
Source: Herb Geller Quintet: Stax of Sax; originally released as LP on Jubilee (JLP 1094), released on CD in 1989 (Fresh Sound Records)
Recording: Radio Recorders, Hollywood, 12 December 1957
