Earl Hines Trio - Here Comes Earl "Fatha" Hines (1978 Japanese Flying Dutchman Vinyl LP)

Vinyl: EX
Sleeve: EX (shrink wrap)
Obi: EX

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Earl Hines Trio - Here Comes Earl "Fatha" Hines | Vinyl LP - 1978 Japanese Flying Dutchman (PG-82 / FD-10147, Jazz Grand-Prix 1500)

Earl Hines developed the trumpet-style approach to jazz piano in the late 1920s — playing single-note lines in the right hand with the same phrasing and attack a horn player would use, rather than the block-chord or stride conventions of the period. He did this alongside Louis Armstrong, at the Grand Terrace Ballroom in Chicago, while the approach had not yet been named. By 1966, forty years later, he was sixty-two, had recently made a solo comeback after being overlooked for much of the 1950s, and was recording for Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman imprint with Richard Davis on bass and Elvin Jones on drums.

Both Davis and Jones were at the centre of where jazz was in 1966 — Davis had played with Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy and Andrew Hill; Jones had been the drummer inside the Coltrane quartet since 1960. The generational gap was considerable. Hines engaged with the rhythm section directly, and the seven tracks recorded on January 17 hold together without any visible strain between the players. "The Stanley Steamer," his sole original, runs eight minutes and is the set's centrepiece. "Bye Bye Baby" is Leo Robin and Jule Styne's 1949 piece from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. "Smoke Rings" was the Glen Gray and Casa Loma Orchestra theme from 1932. "Shoe Shine Boy" is Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin's 1936 standard. "Save It, Pretty Mama" and "Dream of You" close out the material. "Bernie's Tune" is Bernie Miller's piece, associated with Gerry Mulligan.

This 1978 Japanese pressing is the Contact / Flying Dutchman Jazz Grand-Prix 1500 series (PG-82), with OBI and insert containing Japanese liner notes. Still in original shrink wrap.