''Hot Line'' (subtitled ''The Tenor of Bill Barron'') is an album by saxophonist
Bill Barron which was recorded in 1962 and first released on the
Savoy label. The album was also rereleased as ''The Hot Line'' under
Booker Ervin's co-leadership.
Bill Barron discography
accessed February 6, 2017
Reception
In his review on Allmusic
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, Scott Yanow called it a "fine release" stating "Barron's five advanced originals alternate with three standards that give the two tenors an opportunity to display their contrasting but complementary inside/outside styles"
Track listing
All compositions by Bill Barron except where noted.
# "Bill's Boogie" – 6:50
# "Groovin'" – 6:08
# "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker
Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form ...
) – 9:05
# "A Cool One" – 4:37
# "Jelly Roll" – 4:49
# "Playhouse March" (Ted Curson
Theodore Curson (June 3, 1935 – November 4, 2012) was an American jazz trumpeter.
Life and career
Curson was born in Philadelphia. He became interested in playing trumpet after watching a newspaper salesman play a silver trumpet. Curson's fath ...
) – 5:23
# " Billie's Bounce" (Parker) – 3:04 Bonus track on reissue
# "Work Song" (Nat Adderley
Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, whom he supported and played with for many years.
Adderley's composition ...
) – 5:03
Personnel
* Bill Barron, Booker Ervin – 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 ...
* Kenny Barron – 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 keybo ...
*Larry Ridley
Larry Ridley (born September 3, 1937) is an American jazz bassist and music educator. Allmusic Biography/ref>
Biography
Ridley was born and reared in Indianapolis, Indiana. He began performing professionally while still in high school in the 1950s ...
– bass
*Andrew Cyrille
Andrew Charles Cyrille (born November 10, 1939) is an American avant-garde jazz drummer. Throughout his career, he has performed both as a leader and a sideman in the bands of Walt Dickerson and Cecil Taylor, among others. AllMusic biographer ...
– drums
References
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1964 albums
Savoy Records albums
Bill Barron (musician) albums