Last Chorus Explained

Last Chorus
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Ernie Henry
Cover:	Last Chorus.jpg
Released:	1958
Recorded:	August 30 and October 9, 1956, September 15 & 30, and November 13, 1957 Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	44:53
Label:	Riverside RLP 12-266
Producer:	Orrin Keepnews
Chronology:	Ernie Henry
Prev Title:	Seven Standards and a Blues
Prev Year:	1957
Next Title:	2 Horns / 2 Rhythm
Next Year:	1957

Last Chorus is a posthumous album by American jazz saxophonist Ernie Henry featuring tracks recorded in 1956 and 1957 for the Riverside label.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with Scott Yanow stating "Overall, the music is fine and, surprisingly, does not have an unfinished air about it. It does make one wish that Ernie Henry had taken better care of his health, as he was just beginning to develop a sound of his own".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) - 3:15
2. "Beauty and the Blues" (Benny Golson) - 6:28
3. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 7:49
4. "Melba's Tune" (Melba Liston) - 2:41
5. "S'posin'" [alternate take] (Paul Denniker, Andy Razaf) - 4:54 - from 2 Horns/2 Rhythm
6. "Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are" [excerpt] (Thelonious Monk) - 6:58 - from Monk's Brilliant Corners album
7. "Like Someone in Love" [alternate take] (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:40 - from Seven Standards and a Blues
8. "Cleo's Chant" [alternate take] (Ernie Henry) - 8:31 - from Presenting Ernie Henry

• Recorded at Reeves Sound Studios in New York City on August 30, 1956 (track 8), October 9, 1956 (track 6), September 15, 1957 (tracks 1-4), September 30, 1957 (track 7) and November 13, 1957 (track 5)
• The Fresh Sound CD The Last Sessions adds the octet track Stablemates to the 3 octet and 1 quintet tracks and combines them with the complete Seven Standards and a Blues album.

Personnel

• Ernie Henry - alto saxophone
  • Lee Morgan (tracks 1-4) - Kenny Dorham (Tracks 5 & 8) trumpet Melba Liston - trombone (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
• Benny Golson (tracks 1, 2 & 4), Sonny Rollins mostly ensemble (track 6) - tenor saxophone
• Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
• Kenny Drew (track 8), Wynton Kelly (tracks 1-4 & 7), Thelonious Monk (track 6) - piano
• Paul Chambers (tracks 1-4), Eddie Mathias (track 5), Oscar Pettiford (track 6), Wilbur Ware (tracks 7 & 8) - bass
• G. T. Hogan (track 5), Philly Joe Jones (tracks 1-4 & 7), Max Roach (track 6), Art Taylor (track 8) - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-200-series/#rlp-12-266 Riverside Records discography
2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 28, 2012