Blues for Dracula

Philly Joe Jones | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B000000YCX
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #213,424 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Genre: Jazz Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 1-MAR-1991

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The "Pied Piper's" Best Solo Effort, October 14, 2002

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mondodave (Los Angeles, Ca. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues for Dracula (Audio CD)

Philly Joe was notorious as the pied piper of junk. He was also some kinda character, as Miles states in his autobiography -- "Philly woulda been president or the head of some corporation, had he not been born black." His irrepressible side shines on the title cut, as he riffs on his good buddy Lenny Bruce's "Dracula" schtick. Dig the subtext, as both knew all too well what the "children of the night" invariably were up to. Even though "Dracula" is more or less a gag tune, the pulsating blues underneath hints at the swinging energy to come. This is what hard bop was all about -- and the blowing on the whole album is comparable to most Blakey bands. The underrated Nat Adderly's burnished tone is the perfect foil for Johnny Griffin's cascades of notes, and Tommy Flanagan, as usual, has taste and swings. Though Philly's solo efforts are uneven, the planet's must've been aligned the day they laid this down. I only give it four stars, because I wish there was MORE MUSIC from this session.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tune up!, June 19, 2000

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Prabhu (Petaling Jaya, Selangor Malaysia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues for Dracula (Audio CD)

This date,which has a groovy cover and as easy as anyone can predict,beautiful music..Has a lenghty intro on bela lugosi's dracula speech,which is pretty funky and funny,but the music is not something you can laugh about,pretty straight head hard-bop/post-bop!,Jhonny Griffin provides great composition and masterfull playings,as well as Nat Alderlley not letting us down!,Tommy Flanagan walks the fine line between Hardbop and Bebop,while The man of the match Philly Joe Jones makes the drum talk wonders.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars philly joe hard hitter, September 13, 2006

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Steven D. wheeler (LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blues for Dracula (Audio CD)

philly joe was a hard hitting drummer and this album such as show case demonstrates it had a great line up and lets not the forget the incomprable and often discounted well rounded bass player jimmy garrison who should have been given the same accolades as other bass players such as carter,brown and chambers