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Art Mardigan The Jazz School with Al Cohn (1956)

From Side 1 of the LP "The Jazz School" by Clark Terry; Paul Gonsalves; Joe Gordon; Art Mardigan EmArcy / Mercury (MG-36093) Publication date 1956 This comprises tracks 1-4 from the original LP featuring Art Mardigan. Personnel Drums Art Mardigan Cornet Don Joseph Trombone Milt Gold Tenor Sax Al Cohn Piano John Williams Bass Teddy Kotick From the liner notes: There are sixteen students in this class of the Jazz School; sixteen young men whose grades are impeccable, whose studies have clearly qualified them for a successful and distinguished career. At the head of the class for the first four exercises is a member of the drums Corps, a familiar figure by the name of Arthur Mardigan. Art is a native Detroiter, born in December, 1923 and a name band musician since the age of nineteen, when he joined Tommy Reynolds. After Army service in 1943-44 he spent a year with Georgie Auld’s group, then went home to Detroit for a while before entering the New York scene, where he was a part of many noteworthy 52nd Street combos under the leadership of Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Allen Eager and Kai Winding. In addition, Art worked off and on with Woody Herman and Elliot Lawrence. In 1954, when Pete Rugolo came east to form a band for a tour, Art was a cornerstone of that ali-star ensemble. Not long ago he was heard on an EmArcy LP disc with Bill de Arango. Featured with Art on his four performances here are Don Joseph, a cornetist who’s been a familiar figure around New York jazz circles for several years; Milt Gold, a trombonist who has seen service with such name bands as Stan Kenton’s and Claude Thornhill’s; and Al Cohn, the tenor saxophonist and arranger who has been rising rapidly to jazz eminence in the past year. (Al wrote Moroccan Blues for this session.) Heard with Madigan in the rhythm section are John Williams, the 25-year-old pianist from Windsor, Vermont, best known for his work with Stan Getz; and Teddy Kotick, a 27-year-old bass man who has been prominent on the New York scene with Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich, Buddy De Franco and a flock of other combos. These students guide their class through four exercises that required little or no homework; the welcome strains of I’ve Found A New Baby (with Williams comping happily through Cohn’s swinging solo chorus) ; the unusual Milt Gold trombone work and the unexpected combination of ancient and modern melodic ideas by Joseph on Moroccan Blues; the pensive swing and easy-riding tenor work on Old Gold, and the happy, west-coast-style theme and solos on Golden Touch. Class dismissed.