0168 Eddie Thompson [Piano Moods] FLAC 10(41.20)

Contributed by Doc Sausage, who writes:-
I came across this record in a charity shop in Birmingham in 1991. I hadn't heard of Eddie Thompson at that time, but, as ever, was on the lookout for unusual/obscure gems, and this LP seemed to fit the bill very well. I fell in love with it immediately, and it has become one of my most-played jazz albums. It was only a couple of years ago, when I started to have a proper look on the web at what else of ET's was available, that I discovered that I was in possession of quite a rarity, and that most people have never heard it. I think that is a great shame.
Four of the (many) things I love about this album: the tightly-focussed, urgent fluency of Thompson's fingering on such numbers as Eddification, Watch for the Light, and Eddie Blows the Blues; the expressive, genuinely tender passages featured in Three for 3-4 & Theme for Nica; the rhapsodic, darker tones of Contemplation, which I can't help feeling is a not-so-distant jazz relation of the Ballades of Chopin; and, lastly, the clanking of beer bottles at 0:41 on Three Cuban Heels — it just hits the spot every time!
You can read more about Eddie, including an excellent assessment by Simon Spillett, here.
http://www.jazzeddie.f2s.com/pianoUKpioneers.htm
Scans and pdf file included.

(01-08)
Eddie Thompson - piano
Arthur Watts - bass
Andy White - drums
(09 10)
Eddie Thompson - piano
Ken Sprang - bass
Jackie Dougan - drums

01 Eddification (Thompson) (2:42)
02 Three For ¾ (Thompson) (3:49)
03 Three Cuban Heels (Thompson) (2:11)
04 Blue Whistle (Thompson) (3:42)
05 Theme For Nica (Thompson) (5:18)
06 Watch For The Light (Thompson) (2:28)
07 Eddie Blows The Blues (Thompson) (3:44)
08 After The Ball Is Over (Thompson) (5:58)
09 Thompson Bell (Thompson) (5:20)
10 Contemplation (Thompson) (6:09)

Label: Ember EMB 3303
Recorded: May (01-08) June (09 10) 1958
Lineage: LP>FLAC