''Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick'' is a jazz album recorded in 1963 by

Paul Gonsalves Paul Gonsalves ( – ) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist best known for his association with Duke Ellington. At the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, Gonsalves played a 27-chorus solo in the middle of Ellington's "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue ...

. The album's liner notes claim that it was recorded in the "winter of 1962-63" in Switzerland after an impromptu meeting between Gonsalves and the British rhythm section.Traill, Sinclair. Liner notes. Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick, Vocalion, 1964. LP. The album was recorded Feb 27, 1963. At the time, Gonsalves was in Paris with the

Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based ...

orchestra, and it is speculated that the session was organized by British musician Jackie Sharpe ( Jack Sharpe) and actually recorded at Lansdowne Studios in London, with the Switzerland story concocted for the liner notes to avoid problems with US and UK music union regulations.London Jazz Collector. "Paul Gonsalves: Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick (1963) Vocalion / (2006) Universal". London Jazz Collector, 1 Feb 2019, https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/paul-gonsalves-boom-jackie-boom-chick-1963-vocalion-2006-universal. Accessed 19 July 2020. Sharpe is credited in the liner notes as "Paul's pal, club-owner, musician and fight-fan" and the inspiration for the title song. The original LP was pressed in small quantities, allegedly around 500, making it a rare collector's item. The title song was included on the compilation ''Impressed 2 with Gilles Peterson'' in 2004, and the full album was reissued in 2006. "Poor Butterfly" had been previously recorded by Gonsalves on the album

Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque ''Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque'' is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded in 1958 and released on the Columbia label.

and was reprised here, according to the liner notes, to allow Gonsalves a longer solo.

Track listing

#"Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick" (Gonsalves) #"

I Should Care "I Should Care" is a popular song with music by Axel Stordahl and Paul Weston and lyrics by Sammy Cahn, published in 1944. Cahn said that the title came to him by the time they played the first 4 bars. It first appeared in the MGM film '' Thrill ...

" (Stordahl, Weston, Cahn) #"Village Blues" (John Coltrane) #"

If I Should Lose You "If I Should Lose You" is a song composed by Ralph Rainger, with lyrics by Leo Robin. It was introduced in the 1936 film '' Rose of the Rancho''. Notable recordings *Geri Allen – '' Twenty One'' (1994) *Chet Atkins – '' Stay Tuned'' (1985) ...

" (Robin, Rainger) #"

Poor Butterfly "Poor Butterfly" is a popular song. It was inspired by Giacomo Puccini's opera ''Madame Butterfly'' and contains a brief musical quote from the Act two duet ''Tutti i fior'' in the verse. The music was written by Raymond Hubbell, the lyrics by ...

" (Golden, Burnside, Hubbell) #"Blue P.G." (Gonsalves) #"

You Are Too Beautiful You Are Too Beautiful is a 1932 song written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart for the 1933 film ''Hallelujah, I'm a Bum'', where it was sung by Al Jolson. It became a pop and jazz standard in the 1940s, with a notable recording made on August 3, ...

" (Rodgers, Hart) #"Taboo" (Stillman, Russell, Lecuona)

Performers

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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

* Jack Sharpe –

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Pat Smythe Patricia Rosemary "Pat" Smythe, OBE (22 November 1928 – 27 February 1996) was a British show jumper. She competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics, winning a team bronze medal in 1956. She served as president of the British Show Jumpi ...

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piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

Kenny Napper Kenneth Napper (born July 14, 1933 in London) is an English jazz double-bassist. Napper started out on piano as a child and picked up bass as a student at Guildhall School of Music. He entered the British military in the early 1950s, playing with ...

– bass * Ronnie Stevenson –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

A second tenor saxophonist joins on the melody of Village Blues and final bars of You Are Too Beautiful. The liner notes credit the second saxophonist only as "a bystander who happened to be in the studio was used, no one knew his name -- but all the boys agreed that he was indeed a real 'sharp cat,' if they ever heard one." It is speculated that this is Jackie Sharpe.Richard Morton Jack. ''Labyrinth: British Jazz on Record 1960-1975'' (2024), p. 62

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* 1964 albums Paul Gonsalves albums Vocalion Records albums {{1960s-jazz-album-stub