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Don Ewell - Music To Listen To Don Ewell By (1956)
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Stride pianist Don Ewell made three albums for Good Time Jazz during 1956-57 and all are quite enjoyable. This CD reissues the first of his LPs (great title!) and features Ewell on five solos and seven pieces with a trio that also includes clarinetist Darnell Howard and drummer Minor Hall. Ewell is in top form and the many highlights include "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me," Howard's "Bush Street Scramble," "You Took Advantage of Me" and "My Honey's Lovin' Arms.
The much-recorded Ewell hasn't been well served by CD so far, but the recent GTJ reissues restore some of his eminence. A structure, disciplined practitioner of stride piano, Ewell took his cues from New Orleans musicians -- his early sessions in the '40s were with Bunk Johnson and George Lewis -- without succumbing to any raggedly "authentic" mannerisms. One hears an almost prim sense of detail in his playing, the tempos unerringly consistent, the left hand a meticulous counterpoint to the right, the variations as refined and logical as in ragtime. The pair of GTJ reissues [i.e. Music To Listen To Don Ewell By and Man Here Plays Fine Piano!] find him with the great New orleans drummer Minor Hall, and between them they offer a seasoned kind of classic jazz piano without the music ever losing its balance. ... It's unpretentious, amiable traditionalism.
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01. South Side Strut
02. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
03. A Monday Date
04. Love Me Or Leave Me
05. Squeeze Me
06. Rush Street Scramble
07. Old Fashioned Love
08. Blues Improvisation
09.. Parlor Social
10. You Took Advantage Of Me
11. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
12. My Honey's Lovin' Arms
*1956 / Good Time Jazz GTJCD-12021-2 rel 1995
Musicians
Piano: Don Ewell
Drums: Minor Hall
Clarinet: Darnell Howard