(Mainstream, Bop, Hard Bop, Cool ) Charles, Waldron, Segal, Farmer - The Prestige Jazz Quartet - 1957 (2000) , FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Prestige, first to bring the Modern Jazz Quartet before the public, now presents a group of exactly the same instrumentation but of entire ly different character. This is the first album for the Prestige Jazz Quartet, a foursome that for the present is only a recording unit. Because of the similarity in instrumentation mentioned before, there will be comparisons with the Modern Jazz Quartet. Without going into a comparative analysis of the two groups, for such is not the purpose here, it might be noted here that both have their links with classical music, its forms and devices. In this respect, the MJQ is concerned with older forms as well as contemporary while the PJQ is interested in the more contemporary developments and then with more regard to devices and spirit than actual form. Their use is more evolutionary than the MJQ's.
The main reason for the difference of the Prestige Jazz Quartet from any other group is the character of the original written material contributed by members Teddy Charles and Mal Waldron, two of the most provocative composers of the new ideas in jazz,
Teddy Charles, born in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts in 1928, was a Dixieland drummer during his early playing years in Springfield, MA. In 1946 he came to New York to study percussion at Juilliard and shortly thereafter turned his attention to the vibes and bop. After appearing with the bands of Randy Brooks and Benny Goodman, he made his first real impression on jazz listeners with Chubby Jackson's big band of 1949. Then Teddy was with Buddy DeFranco s sextet, later in the same year, and during the early Fifties with such diverse groups as Oscar Pettiford. Roy Eldridge,
Slim Gaillard, Artie Shaw, and vocalists Jackie Paris and Anita O'Day. In 1952, Teddy formed his first trio. Since then he has led his own groups of various sizes, espousing new ideas in jazz, many of which grew out of studies with composer-pianist Hall Overton.
Mal Waldron is a native New Yorker (1926) who began his career on alto saxophone but switched to piano in i 949. He received a B.A. from Queens College where he studied composition with Karol Rathaus. In the early Fifties, Mal played with the groups of "Big Nick" Nicholas and Ike Quebec and from 1954 through 1956 he appeared intermittently with Charlie Mingus's Jazz Workshop. 1957 has found him lending his sensitive accompaniment to Billie Holiday. As a composer he has written modern ballet scores in addition to his numerous jazz opuses.
Addison Farmer, twin brother of trumpeter Art, was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1928. In California he played with the bands of Benny Carter and Gerald Wilson; the group of Howard McGhee. Since coming to New York in 1954, he has studied at Juilliard and the Manhattan School and worked with the Art Farmer-Gigi Gryce quintet, Teddy Charles, and Stan Getz among others.
Gerald "Jerry" Segal is from Philadelphia where he was born in 1931. He majored in music at Mastbaum High, a school which also gave the jazz world Buddy DeFranco and Red Rodney. During the Fifties he has played with Bennie Green, Pete Rugolo, Terry Gibbs, Johnny Smith, and Teddy Charles.
Teddy Charles has been quoted as saying, "If you're going to take the time to write [arrange] you might as well compose." He has been consistent with his
preaching by continuing to introduce new compositions at fairly regular intervals. His representation in this album is a tri-segmented work entitled "Take Three Parts Jazz" which had its premiere performance in 1957 at Carnegie Hall during a Contemporary Jazz Composers concert.
"Take Three Parts Jazz" echoes Teddy's philosophy of more challenging material leading to fresh results. For instance, the static harmony in the opening section, "Route 4" (the New Jersey highway leading to Hack-ensack and Rudy Van Gelder's studio), causes the soloists to invent more new melodic material. The tempo is medium; solos are by Charles and Waldron.
Addison Farmer's ritard bass leads into the second portion, "Lyriste" (a word coined by Charles combining lyrical and triste). This is a slow movement which lives up to its name. Solos are by Charles, Waldron, and Farmer. The backing for each man by the others is extremely sensitive. Notice the shimmering, almost ethereal quality that Teddy achieves while backing Mal.
The third and final part is "Father George," an uptempo version of the first section. The tempo change gives the material an entirely different feeling as everyone gets a chance to solo. "Father George" refers to George Washington, the father of our country, and the bridge named for him which lies at the terminal point of Route 4 on the return trip to New York City.
Mal Waldron has shown himself to be concerned with the element of time in both his playing and writing. "Meta-Waltz" (meta is short for metamorphosis) is a further experiment with 4/4 and 3/4. In the melody statement there is a bar of four beats followed by a bar of three beats. This gives the feeling of a seven-beat bar.
It is written this way because Mal felt that it would be easier to swing than a seven-beat bar. The solos, which are in uptempo, are in the same pattern but evolve completely into four-beat. Farmer and Segal are heard in solo as well as Charles and Waldron.
"Dear Elaine" is Waldron's other written gift to this session. A slow ballad built on a two-note motif which approximates the two syllables in the name of his wife, Elaine, it is a beautifully conceived and realized piece of music.
The closer is by Thelonious Monk, one of Charles's and Waldron's favorite geniuses. Teddy brought the piece in and this is his interpretation. "Friday the 13th" is merely a four-bar chord pattern stated once and repeated. The very monotony of the chord pattern is conducive to melodic invention because of its challenging limitations.
The debut of the Prestige Jazz Quartet reiterates the writing and playing talents of Teddy Charles and Mal Waldron, illustrates the marvelous way they complement each other, and introduces a unit that really plays as such at all times.

REM GENRE Jazz
REM DATE 1957
REM DISCID 3508D204
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.99pb4"
PERFORMER "Charles, Waldron, Segal, Farmer"
TITLE "The Prestige Jazz Quartet"
FILE "01 - Take Three Parts Jazz.wav" WAVE
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Take Three Parts Jazz"
    PERFORMER "Charles, Waldron, Segal, Farmer"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Meta-Waltz"
    PERFORMER "Charles, Waldron, Segal, Farmer"
    INDEX 00 14:21:32
FILE "02 - Meta-Waltz.wav" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Dear Elaine"
    PERFORMER "Charles, Waldron, Segal, Farmer"
    INDEX 00 05:25:37
FILE "03 - Dear Elaine.wav" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "Friday The 13th"
    PERFORMER "Charles, Waldron, Segal, Farmer"
    INDEX 00 08:50:57
FILE "04 - Friday The 13th.wav" WAVE
    INDEX 01 00:00:00

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008
EAC extraction logfile from 16. August 2009, 17:45
Charles, Waldron, Segal, Farmer / The Prestige Jazz Quartet
Used drive  : HL-DT-STDVD-RAM GH22NP20   Adapter: 0  ID: 0
Read mode               : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache      : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction                      : 102
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out          : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks   : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations       : Yes
Used interface                              : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling                                : Appended to previous track
Used output format              : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate                : 320 kBit/s
Quality                         : High
Add ID3 tag                     : No
Command line compressor         : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" %s
TOC of the extracted CD
     Track |   Start  |  Length  | Start sector | End sector
    ---------------------------------------------------------
        1  |  0:00.00 | 14:23.20 |         0    |    64744
        2  | 14:23.20 |  5:28.70 |     64745    |    89414
        3  | 19:52.15 |  8:53.25 |     89415    |   129414
        4  | 28:45.40 |  8:53.12 |    129415    |   169401
Track  1
     Filename D:\music\rip\Charles, Waldron, Segal, Farmer - The Prestige Jazz Quartet (1957) {Remaster, 2000, Fantasy OJCCD-1937-2}\01 - Take Three Parts Jazz.wav
     Pre-gap length  0:00:02.00
     Peak level 100.0 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 77988758
     Copy CRC 77988758
     Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1)  [61334BEC], AccurateRip returned [BF6A4C17]
     Copy OK
Track  2
     Filename D:\music\rip\Charles, Waldron, Segal, Farmer - The Prestige Jazz Quartet (1957) {Remaster, 2000, Fantasy OJCCD-1937-2}\02 - Meta-Waltz.wav
     Pre-gap length  0:00:01.84
     Peak level 100.0 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 3D8C56D8
     Copy CRC 3D8C56D8
     Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1)  [23155D41], AccurateRip returned [A92B445C]
     Copy OK
Track  3
     Filename D:\music\rip\Charles, Waldron, Segal, Farmer - The Prestige Jazz Quartet (1957) {Remaster, 2000, Fantasy OJCCD-1937-2}\03 - Dear Elaine.wav
     Pre-gap length  0:00:03.44
     Peak level 73.5 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 1D162E47
     Copy CRC 1D162E47
     Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1)  [5DC1868E], AccurateRip returned [084E0F71]
     Copy OK
Track  4
     Filename D:\music\rip\Charles, Waldron, Segal, Farmer - The Prestige Jazz Quartet (1957) {Remaster, 2000, Fantasy OJCCD-1937-2}\04 - Friday The 13th.wav
     Pre-gap length  0:00:02.57
     Peak level 100.0 %
     Track quality 100.0 %
     Test CRC 8A8CFF39
     Copy CRC 8A8CFF39
     Cannot be verified as accurate (confidence 1)  [93F235AE], AccurateRip returned [B74F8E52]
     Copy OK
No tracks could be verified as accurate
You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database
No errors occurred
End of status report

[img] [/img]