Curtis Counce - You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce!

AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow

Although the title and even the cover photo have been changed, this CD reissue has the same music as was earlier issued as Counceltation; the "bonus cut" "Woody 'n You" has also been reissued on Sonority. In any case, the program features the underrated but talented Curtis Counce Quintet of 1956-1957, a group consisting of the bassist/leader, trumpeter Jack Sheldon, tenor saxophonist Harold Land, pianist Carl Perkins, and drummer Frank Butler. Counce contributed two originals but otherwise the band sticks to jazz standards, with some of the best moments being on "Too Close for Comfort," "Mean to Me," and Charlie Parker's "Big Foot."

Curtis Counce
You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce!
1 - "Complete" - 5:51 2 - "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) - 6:35 3 - "Too Close for Comfort" (Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener, George David Weiss) - 5:36 4 - "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) - 4:31 5 - "Stranger in Paradise" (Alexander Borodin, George Forrest, Robert Wright) - 7:03 6 - "Counceltation" - 6:01 7 - "Big Foot" (Charlie Parker) - 9:02

Curtis Counce - Bass Jack Sheldon - Trumpet Harold Land - Tenor Saxophone Carl Perkins - Piano Frank Butler - Drums Recorded
Contemporary Studios in Los Angeles, CA on October 8, 1956 (# 7)
October 15, 1956 (# 5), April 27, 1957 (# 3 & 6)
May 13, 1957 (# 1 & 2) and September 3, 1957 (# 4) Label - Contemporary C3539/S7539 Producer Lester Koenig