Al Cohn: Al Cohn's Tones

AllMusic Review by Stephen Cook

Backed by some of the top bop players of the day, Al Cohn stretches out here for a program heavy with up-tempo swingers. Cut in two sessions during 1950 and 1953, Cohn's Tones finds the usually more mellow tenor great feeding off the driving drum work of both Tiny Kahn and Max Roach. Besides the ballad evergreen "How Long Has This Been Going On" and a bluesy "Ah-Moore," the eight-track set is all Cohn originals done in a Lester Young-on-the-West Coast style. Also featuring the talents of pianist Horace Silver, this early Cohn release is at once hot and cool, vigorous and lithe.

Al Cohn Al Cohn's Tones

Set List 00:00 1 I'm Tellin' Ya 06:00 2 Jane Street 10:37 3 Infinity 13:32 4 How Long Has This Been Going On 16:43 5 That's What You Think 21:31 6 Ah-Moore 26:25 7 Groovin' With Gus 28:58 8 Let's Get Away From It All


Musicians Bass – Curley Russell(tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), Tommy Potter (tracks: A3, A4, B3, B4) Drums – Max Roach (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2), Tiny Kahn (tracks: A3, A4, B3, B4) Piano – George Wallington (tracks: A3, A4, B3, B4), Horace Silver (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2) Tenor Saxophone – Al Cohn Trumpet – Nick Travis (tracks: A1, A2, B1, B2) Recorded July 29, 1950 and June 23, 1953 Studio New York City and Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Savoy Records