Al Haig - Al Haig & The Modern Sax Giants album flac

Al started playing with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker in 1945, and performed and recorded under Gillespie from 1945 to 1946, as a member of Eddie Davis And His Beboppers in 1946 (also featuring Fats Navarro), and Eddie Davis And His Quintet in 1947, under Parker from 1948 to 1950, and under Stan Getz from 1949 to 1951. The Gillespie quintet, which included Haig, recorded four 78 . sides for Guild Records in May 1945 which are regarded as the first recordings to demonstrate all elements of the mature bebop style

Fool Rush In. Trumpet and Strings. I Had The Craziest Dream. They’re Playing Our Song. Complete Studio Recordings. Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants –Bag´s Groove. Trascription by Michael Neff.

Leo Parker, baritone, alto sax; Al Haig, piano; Oscar Pettiford, bass; Max Roach, drums Jack "The Bear" Parker, drums PRCD-24190-2 Various Artists - The Jazz Giants Play George Gershwin - 'S Wonderful. Dick Collins, John Howell, Al Porcino, Charlie Walp, trumpet; Cal Tjader, vibes, timbales; Manuel Duran, piano; Carlos Duran, bass; Edgard Rosales, Bayardo Velarde, congas, bongos. San Francisco, CA, September 21, 1954.

Background information. For much of the 1950s and 1960s, "Haig was all but a forgotten giant", in Brian Case's words; "Jazz pianism, ever more percussive in a crass simplification of Powell's methods, had no room for the crystalline touch and swift, logical turnover of ideas. Haig got by with semi-cocktail piano in New York bars. Although Haig became known for his distinctive and pioneering bebop style, he in fact spent much of his career playing in non-jazz contexts. 1949: Highlights in Modern Jazz: Al Haig. 1952: Live in Hollywood (Xanadu). 1954: Al Haig Trio (Esoteric). 1954: Al Haig Trio (Counterpoint). 1954: Al Haig Quartet (Period). 1965: Al Haig Today! (Mint]). 1974: Invitation (Spotlite).

Al Haig - If I Should Lose You 03:34. Al Haig - They Can't Take That Away from Me 02:50. Al Haig - Gone With the Wind 02:58. Al Haig - Isn't It Romantic 03:35. Al Haig - Don't Blame Me 02:44. Al Haig - Takin a Chance On Love 03:42. Al Haig - My Old Flame 02:55. Al Haig - On the Alamo 03:35. Al Haig - All God's Chillun Got Rhythm 02:18. Al Haig - Autumn in New York 05:15.

Haig was an important figure in the early development of bebop piano and can be heard as a sideman on many seminal recordings from the 1940s, including Salt Peanuts and Hot House. His refined classical technique was relatively unique at the time, and he was admired as a superb accompanist. Between the mid-'50s and the early 1970s there is a curiously large gap in his recorded output evidently due to personal problems. In fact, Al Haig Today! appears to be his only release as a leader during the '60s.

A creature of habit, Haig took the same route to SHAPE every day – a pattern of behavior that did not go unnoticed by terrorist groups. On June 25, 1979, Haig was the apparent target of an assassination attempt in Mons, Belgium