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Vinyl Vault Rhyme and Reason Share
On Tuesday the Vinyl Vault presents a 1975 album from multi-woodwind man, Herb Geller. The album “Rhyme and Reason” was released on the Atlantic label.
Geller was living in West Germany at the time and he was joined on the album by a group of European jazz men including Philip Catherine on guitar. The album was recorded in Hamburg. Other notable guest include Mark Murphy and Earl Jordan on vocals. We’ll hear Murphy on two tracks and Jordan on one.
The album is also notable for Geller’s use of the saxophone chorus. On several tracks, he multi-tracked himself playing several two soprano saxophones, an alto and two tenors for an effect of a layered chorus of horns playing in unison. Besides all those saxes, Geller also played soprano flute, alto flue and bass flute. He also composed all four tunes on the album.
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Short List with Host Bob Naujoks
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Short List: Herb Geller
This week’s Short List series spotlights Herb Geller, a saxophonist, composer, and arranger whose career lists a Who’s Who of jazz collaborators. After a stint with the Billy May Orchestra, Geller went on to jam and record with Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, and dozens more. In 1955, he was named Downbeat Magazine’s “New Star,” and received worldwide acclaim for his work with Clifford Brown.