Released: 1979
Artists: The Mousey Alexander Sextet
- Glenn Zottola; trumpet.
- George Mraz; bass.
- Mousey Alexander; drums.
- Al Klink; tenor saxophone, flute.
- Phil Wilson; trombone.
Description:
This was my very first real pro jazz session for Famous Door Records. I was a “kid” and had just arrived in NYC and was playing at a jazz club “Eddie Condon’s” on 52nd st. with John Bunch and Mousey Alexander when Record Producer Harry Lim who had quite a stellar history from Mercury Records and recorded many legends started his own label Famous Door Records and walked in the club. He came up to me and said and he really liked my playing and needed a trumpet player for a session and asked would i like to do it and i said “sure”.
So he tells me where and when, and I show up at the studio; and the band is all jazz stars. No real rehearsal, mostly first takes, This was real New York energy in those days, “hit it”, and then either sink, or swim! I have travelled the world and many musicians have said to me, “I can tell from the way you play, you are from NY”. It’s true that aggressive NY style of jazz playing is like in no other city in the world. Frank Sinatra says in his big hit, “if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere”. That is absolutely true! Those were great days. I ended up doing many albums for Famous Door. Famous Door was bought by Progressive Jazz Records when Harry Lim passed, and I did many albums of my own, and for others, which are released on CDs.
Tracks:
- Mousetrap
- You Stepped Out Of A Dream
- Carioca
- Exployer
- When Your Lover Has Gone
- Cottontail