This is a lovely relaxed trio album by pianist Lennie Felix and it plays through as one continuous performance. There are no track markers just a very short break between side 1 and side 2.
Lennie, though, is not well recorded here as he seems to be playing in a room 2 doors down the hallway (IMO, not as bad as that. - BJ) but, on the other hand, you can hear every click and squeak from the closely miked bass of Lennie Bush.
All the tunes are named for girls also known as 'mice'. I don't ever remember girls ever been called 'mice' do you? But then I'm an old square.
The lp was not in mint condition and after restoration there is a little background surface noise remaining in places - not enough to spoil the enjoyment though.
Lennie Felix - piano
Lennie Bush - bass
Lennie Hastings - drums
01 Rosetta (Hines, Woode) (2:39)
02 Peg O' My Heart (Fisher) (1:50)
03 Laura (Raksin) (3:11)
04 Margie (Davis, Conrad, Robinson) (2:45)
05 Elaine (Felix) (3:31)
06 Dinah (Axt) (3:33)
07 Marie (Berlin) (2:47)
08 Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider (Leonard) (2:53)
09 Stella By Starlight (Young) (3:37)
10 Sweet Lorraine (Burwell, Parish) (3:51)
11 Blues For Tracy (Felix) (3:52)
12 Diane (Rapee, Pollack) (3:22)
Label: Columbia 33SX 1298
Recorded: February 10 1960
Lineage: LP>FLAC
Ah, a mid-week treat! Thanks very much bluebird. I can't say I recall girls being called mice but I do seem to remember that they used to squeak when you squeezed them!!
ReplyDeleteMust admit I didn't spot the closure notice. Very sad news but I'm sure you didn't take the decision without careful consideration.
Deletejazzuk - they still do - try it!
DeleteBritjazz closing??!! Another great blog bites the dust - and all due to record company greed. Grrrrrrr..... Thanks anyway for all the splendid work!
ReplyDeleteThank you , looking forward to hearing this Felix album.
ReplyDeletetragedy. should be saved for posterity. go private ?
ReplyDeleteSurprised the trio didn't call themselves The Three Lennies. Thanks for sharing this one.
ReplyDeleteI echo the comments regretting the forthcoming closure of brtijazz. A great shame. As zoot says,maybe you should go private.
We are reliably informed that the practice of referring to girls as "mice" comes from Pal Joey. 'The musical (later a movie with Frank Sinatra) was based on some short stories by John O'Hara about this guy Joey - a cad - who always referred to girls as "mice".'
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ReplyDeleteMany, many thanks BritJazz.
Thanks for this one, and for all the other music you all made available. It has been a real education. Very sorry you feel the need to close.
ReplyDeleteJust read the terrible news that Britjazz is closing. What a great shame. My favourite blog. Thanks to all who have made the music available to us.
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Yes, just watched 'Pal Joey' again. Sinatra says 'Who's the mouse over there?' And again later in the film.
ReplyDeleteGreat film, great songs, Kim Novak, Rita Hayworth and Frank.
What more do you want? You can buy the DVD for under a fiver.
Many thanks for this, and all the other great music posted here.
ReplyDelete"I don't ever remember girls ever been called 'mice' do you?"
ReplyDeleteJim Godbolt's autobiography (p 73) describes Bruce Turner using "mouse" to refer to young women (though without, thankfully, the mysogeny of e.g. Mick Mulligan); as inveterate night animals, jazzmen are of course known as cats (particularly by other cats and by cat wannabees); taxonomists call the tame cat "felix domesticus"; the earlier (1958) Lennie Felix album to be found on BritJazz is called "That Cat Felix"; Lennie Felix and Bruce Turner knew each other well. The only flaw in my theory is that we know that jazzmen never, ever use puns to label their work. Whatever, it's a lovely record - many thanks.
Is closing or going private really necessary? I remember reading some time ago that the intended copyright extension from 50 to 70 years would not be retroactive, meaning that everything that has already entered public domain would remain there. It is Beatles recordings they want to protect after all, not anything before that. It is possible that this has been changed later, and that things that are already in the public domain are going to get copyright-protected again, but it would be a bit odd. Does anyone know?
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