Booker Little Quintet - Man of Words / Hazy Blues

Booker Little Quintet - Man of Words / Hazy Words

Booker Little and His Quintet featuring Max Roach - OUT FRONT

Booker Little (trumpet)
Julian Priester (trombone)
Eric Dolphy (alto sax, bass clarinet, flute)
Don Friedman (piano)
Ron Carter (bass, Man of Words)
Art Davis (bass, Hazy Blues)
Max Roach (drums, tympani, vibes)

recorded March 17 & April 4, 1961

Despite his premature death from kidney failure at the age of 23, Little made an important contribution to jazz. Stylistically, his sound is rooted in the playing of Clifford Brown, featuring crisp articulation, a burnished tone and balanced phrasing. He is considered to be one of the first trumpet players to develop his own sound after Clifford Brown. (wiki)