You Get More Bounce

Curtis Counce | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B000000Y95
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #197,273 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Complete

2. How Deep Is the Ocean?

3. Too Close for Comfort

4. Mean to Me

5. Stranger in Paradise

6. Counceltation

7. Big Foot

8. Woody 'n You [*]

Customer Reviews

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Critical, though not canonical (nor controversial)., August 6, 2001

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Samuel Chell (Kenosha,, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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Another "sacred" trace by an exceptional group whose brief existence in the late fifties was largely overlooked due to all the attention given to the East Coast "Hard Bop" scene. But the Counce group was inimitable, a transcendent example of the art of modern jazz, exemplary in its collective cohesiveness, inspired solo statements, and the warm, deep sound captured on their recordings. Many of the well-known East Coast recordings of that time sound obvious, cliched, commercially funky by comparison with the Counce group, which manages to be "robust" while adhering to a lyric mode of expression.

But under no circumstances should this album be purchased ahead of "Landslide," the earlier album by the same group, a session that clearly belongs on any short list of greatest jazz recordings available. Start with that one before deciding on the remaining precious recordings by this musical assembly.

Lately I've noticed all sorts of qualifiers on behalf of products deemed politically incorrect if not morally objectionable. It certainly is cheering to know that we're so morally superior to the likes of Bing Crosby (who errored by singing an earlier lyric to "Ole Man River") or the artist who designed the "sexist" cover for "More Bounce to the Ounce." On the other hand, it never occurred to me that I should view this 1950s cover art as offensive until a previous reviewer pointed it out. If we're so insistent on viewing the cover dispassionately, humorlessly, and without irony, then why not give the subject credit for her medical acumen (I wouldn't even know how to use a stethoscope let alone read one).

[On second thought, yes, the cover is sexist as well as licentious, salacious, and sinful. If that helps bring more listeners to the Curtis Counce Group and an awareness of the quality of music they represent, I'm willing to concede the cover to Satan many times over.]

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars want to hear more magic from Jack Sheldon? . . ., December 7, 2006

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B. Guerrero "Mahler nutcase" - See all my reviews
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. . . just take listen to the start of "Stranger in Paradise". What you'll hear is a signature trumpet sound that's everybody bit as distinctive and recognizable as that of Miles; Diz; Lee Morgan; Chet Baker - you name 'em. "Councellation" is a slighty weird, yet interesting and totally listenable little ditty, with C.C. himself filling in lots of interesting plucking on his bass. The rest of the tunes examplify the perfect balance of tension (east coast) and laidback-ness (west coast) that the Curtis Counce Group captured far better than most. If I had a time machine, I'd walk in on a gig that this bunch were playing in some L.A. dive someplace. But until such a device exists, CDs like this will have to do.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stop staring at the cover., February 3, 2005

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George H. Soule (Edwardsville, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews
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You get more bounce with Curtis Counce. Like the companion album "Landslide," this recording features Harold Land on tenor saxophone, Jack Sheldon on trumpet, and Carl Perkins on piano--some of the best jazz musicians in the west. (California isn't exactly as obscure as New Yorkers think.) There are gems on this disc, and the group's strength and balance are exemplary of the best jazz. The close interplay between Land, Sheldon, and Perkins on "How Deep is the Ocean" introduces Land's solo which is among the best recorded treatments of the song. "Too Close for Comfort" features Perkins, Sheldon's open trumpet, and a probing, lyrical solo by Land. The up tempo "Mean to Me" demonstrates the groups tight ensemble work and allows Land and Sheldon strong solos. Curtis Counce contributes two originals. "Complete" is a straight ahead number that could have come from any Miles Davis session of the period. "Counceltation" is a 12-tone modal experiment. The disc is rounded out with Sheldon's version of "Stranger in Paradise," a period piece. (Yeah, the album cover and title are sexist, but they're almost 50 years old!!) The group's renditions of Charlie Parker's "Big Foot" and Gillespie's "Woody'n You" bridge the coasts--bop standards played in original ways. And listen to Counce on "Big Foot." Again--excellent forgotten jazz from the far west.