''Bash!'' (also released as ''Modern Mainstream'') is an album by jazz drummer
Dave Bailey which was originally released on the Jazzline label in 1961. Different releases of the same material have appeared under the names of sidemen on the date. The album features pianist
Tommy Flanagan
Thomas Lee Flanagan (March 16, 1930 – November 16, 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by bebop musicians. ...
and was re-released as ''Tommy Flanagan Trio And Sextet'' on the
Onyx
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label and on the
Xanadu label in 1973.
[Dryden, K.]
Tommy Flanagan Trio and Sextet: Allmusic Review
accessed November 4, 2014 It was also re-released under trumpeter
Kenny Dorham
McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention or public ...
's name as ''Osmosis'' on CD in 1990 on the
Black Lion label with 4 alternate takes.
Kenny Dorham discography
accessed November 4, 2014
Reception
''DownBeat
' (styled in all caps) is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chi ...
'' magazine's March 1, 1962 review stated: "''Bash!'' presents a relaxed and enjoyable blowing session..."
Allmusic
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awarded the album 3 stars.[Allmusic Review](_blank)
accessed November 4, 2014
Track listing
# "Osmosis" (Osie Johnson
James "Osie" Johnson (January 11, 1923, in Washington, D.C. – February 10, 1966, in New York City) was a jazz drummer, arranger and singer.
Johnson studied at Armstrong Highschool where he was classmates with Leo Parker and Frank Wess. He fi ...
) - 10:28
# "Soul Support" ( Norris Turney) - 5:10
# "Grand Street" (Sonny Rollins
Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as ...
) - 6:00
# "Like Someone in Love
"Like Someone in Love" is a popular song composed in 1944 by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Johnny Burke. It was written (along with "Sleigh Ride in July") for the 1944 film, ''Belle of the Yukon'', where it was sung by Dinah Shore. It was a hi ...
" ( Johnny Burke, Jimmy van Heusen
James Van Heusen (born Edward Chester Babcock; January 26, 1913 – February 6, 1990) was an American composer. He wrote songs for films, television and theater, and won an Emmy and four Academy Awards for Best Original Song.
Life and car ...
) - 3:59
# "Oscar for Oscar" (Kenny Dorham) - 6:18
# "B.M.T. Express" (Rudy Stevenson) - 7:33
# "Just Friends
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" (John Klenner
John Klenner (24 February 1899 – 13 August 1955) was a German-born American pianist
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, Sam M. Lewis) - 3:39
# "Soul Support" ake 2(Turney) - 5:08 Bonus track on CD reissue
# "Grand Street" ake 1(Rollins) - 5:59 Bonus track on CD reissue
# "Like Someone in Love" ake 2(Burke, van Heusen) - 3:12 Bonus track on CD reissue
# "Osmosis" ake 1(Johnson) - 11:46 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
* Dave Bailey - drums
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*Kenny Dorham
McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham (August 30, 1924 – December 5, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention or public ...
- trumpet
The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standar ...
*Curtis Fuller
Curtis DuBois Fuller (December 15, 1932May 8, 2021) was an American jazz Trombone, trombonist. He was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and contributed to many classic jazz recordings.
Early life
Fuller was born in Detroit on December ...
- trombone
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* Frank Haynes - tenor saxophone
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*Tommy Flanagan
Thomas Lee Flanagan (March 16, 1930 – November 16, 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by bebop musicians. ...
- 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 musica ...
- trio 4,7 and 10
*Ben Tucker
Benjamin M. Tucker (December 13, 1930 – June 4, 2013) was an American jazz bassist who appeared on hundreds of recordings. Tucker played on albums by Art Pepper, Billy Taylor, Quincy Jones, Grant Green, Dexter Gordon, Hank Crawford, Junior ...
- bass
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Fish
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* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
** Bass (instrument), including:
** Acoustic bass gu ...
References
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Dave Bailey (musician) albums
Tommy Flanagan albums
Kenny Dorham albums
1961 albums
Xanadu Records albums
Black Lion Records albums