Live at Smalls Jack Walrath

• 1 Roadkill (Live) 10:36
• 2 A Bite In Tunisia (Live) 09:35
• 3 Left Turn On 86th Street (Live) 15:22
• 4 Grandpa Moses (Live) 08:23
• 5 Mood For Muhal (Live) 10:29
• 6 Sacrifice (Live) 08:06
• Total Runtime 01:02:31

Info for Live at Smalls

The 8th release in the Smalls Living Masters series sees trumpet legend Jack Walrath delivering six original compositions in the fine company of his long time band of Abraham Burton on tenor saxophone, George Burton on piano, Boris Kozlov on acoustic bass and Donald Edwards on drums.

Jack Walrath's talents have been utilized by Charles Mingus, Ray Charles, Muhal Richard Abrams, Ricky Ford, Sam Rivers, Joe Morello, Mike Clark, Charli Persip, Miles Davis, Quincey Jones, Ray Anderson, Craig Harris, Pete LaRoca, Mike Longo, Elvis Costello, Motown, Larry Willis, George Gruntz, Paul Jeffrey, Gunther Schuller, Hal Galper, the Monk Tentet, Bobby Watson, et al. His Blue Note album, "Master of Suspense" was nominated for a Grammy.

He has written compositions and arrangements for Mingus, Red Rodney, Ira Sullivan, Cecil Brooks III, the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, WDR, NDR, UMO Orchestra, Catania City Jazz Orchestra, Charli Persip Superband, Upper Austrian Jazz Orchestra, et al.

Jack Walrath, trumpet
Abraham Burton, tenor saxophone
George Burton, piano
Boris Kozlov, double bass
Donald Edwards, drums

Jack Walrath
trumpeter, composer, arranger, has had an active varied career for over 50 years. His credits include work with Ray Charles, Charlie Persip, Miles Davis, and Quincy Jones. He worked alongside Charles Mingus towards the end of Mingus's life, from 1974 until 1979 when Charles could no longer play (due to ALS) and was singing compositions into a tape recorder. It was a close relation that changed his life. He was trusted by Mingus to assist in realizing some of those later compositions, which became works such as Invisible Lady, and Sketch 3. As a sideman in Mingus's last great quintet, he contributed his characteristic sound to the seminal albums Changes One and Changes Two, Three or Four Shades of Blues, Cumbia & Jazz Fusion. He later joined Mingus Dynasty and Mingus Big Band and toured with 1989 Mingus Epitaph, conducted by Gunther Schuller.

He is also a prolific composer (Mingus recorded Jack's own "Black Bats & Poles") and active bandleader with his own project featuring contemporary greats like Donald Edwards and Abraham Burton. He has appeared in films, TV, and radio and has over two dozen album releases as a leader. In California, he co-led the bands Change with Gary Peacock, and Revival with Glenn Ferris.

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