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The Hal Mercer Quartet – Last Call For Cool: Unreleased Sessions (1966-90) [Modal Jazz | Full Album]

⚠️ Transparency Notice: While the aesthetic and narrative presented here are creative fiction, all musical works featured on this channel were generated, produced, or assisted by artificial intelligence. Timestamps 0:00 Last Call For Cool 3:46 Coffee Cold, Solo Hot 7:15 Ashtray On The Piano Lid 10:56 The Tenor Player’s Always Late 14:23 Bartender Knows My Tab By Heart 19:17 Who Parked In My Spot 25:05 Don't Ask For "Something Happy" 28:12 Free Jazz, No Refunds 30:34 This One's Called Untitled 34:20 We Don't Know That Standard Either 37:23 We Tune Because We Care 40:30 Somebody Kicked The Mic Stand 42:44 Your Request Has Been Ignored 45:21 Applause Optional, Tips Mandatory 47:48 Bass Player Stole My Girlfriend 51:12 Drummer Brought Too Many Cymbals 55:01 Recorded Live, Barely Alive 58:20 Mister, This Isn't A Jukebox 1:00:34 We'll Be Right Back After This Argument 1:02:05 Wrong Intro, Right Take 1:05:24 Broken Neon, Open Sign 1:08:36 Ballad For The Last Two People Left 1:12:28 Please Stop Stirring Your Drink On Two And Four 1:15:53 We Swear It Sounds Better In The Room 1:18:40 Second Set, Same Rent 1:20:59 Goodnight, Drive Safe, Pay Your Tab Recovered from a stack of milk crates discovered during a storage unit clear-out in Midtown Manhattan, Last Call For Cool appears to be the abandoned studio project of pianist and bandleader Hal Mercer. Although every tape box and cue sheet lists the group as "The Hal Mercer Quartet," the sessions themselves reveal a revolving cast of musicians. Extra horn players drift in and out, two different drummers appear across the reels, and several tracks feature an unidentified guitarist whose aggressive early-fusion phrasing was years ahead of what most jazz labels were comfortable releasing in 1966. The surviving cover slick, a rough test print, still uses the Quartet name, suggesting Mercer preferred how it looked even as the live room ballooned to six or seven players. Handwritten notes on the tape boxes ("maybe keep guitar," "try tenor on intro," "too long for one LP") imply that the label was trying to assemble a conventional album before the imprint abruptly folded. One reel is marked only: "MERCER - LAST CALL - keepers?" Based on engineer initials and mix sheets, these sessions were recorded during late-night blocks at a small Midtown studio mainly known for jingles and radio promos. The original plan seems to have been a tight jazz LP, but Mercer kept recording new material over the following decades and ultimately left behind twenty-six finished tunes. Internal disagreements about sequencing, the overpowering guitar takes, and the sudden collapse of the label likely left the project in limbo. Rumour has it that Mercer revisited the tapes on and off for years, which aligns with the collection’s tape dates spanning from 1966 to 1990. What remains is a portrait of a project that evolved far beyond its mid-60s origins, capturing smoky club swing, modal grooves, barroom humour, and flashes of the emerging electric movement. Unknown Master Recordings presents the complete surviving material exactly as found. Hiss, print-through, tape drift, and uneven stereo panning have been preserved to maintain the character of the source. Last Call For Cool: Unreleased Sessions The Hal Mercer Quartet Recorded 1966–1990, unreleased Track Listing 1. Last Call For Cool 2. Coffee Cold, Solo Hot 3. Ashtray On The Piano Lid 4. The Tenor Player's Always Late 5. Bartender Knows My Tab By Heart 6. Who Parked In My Spot 7. Don't Ask For "Something Happy" 8. Free Jazz, No Refunds 9. This One's Called Untitled 10. We Don't Know That Standard Either 11. We Tune Because We Care 12. Somebody Kicked The Mic Stand 13. Your Request Has Been Ignored 14. Applause Optional, Tips Mandatory 15. Bass Player Stole My Girlfriend 16. Drummer Brought Too Many Cymbals 17. Recorded Live, Barely Alive 18. Mister, This Isn't A Jukebox 19. We'll Be Right Back After This Argument 20. Wrong Intro, Right Take 21. Broken Neon, Open Sign 22. Ballad For The Last Two People Left 23. Please Stop Stirring Your Drink On Two And Four 24. We Swear It Sounds Better In The Room 25. Second Set, Same Rent 26. Goodnight, Drive Safe, Pay Your Tab Total runtime: approx. 1 hour 22 minutes 53 seconds Recording Details Recorded: Late 1965 to 1990 Studio: Small Midtown NYC jingle house (name unconfirmed) Label: Unissued project, imprint defunct before release Intended Format: Single LP (abandoned during track selection) Recovered: Mixed reels found in milk crates Catalog No.: UMR-MERCER-1966-1990 Personnel (as inferred from surviving notes) Hal Mercer – Piano (leader) Uncredited musicians – Tenor saxophone Trumpet Upright bass and electric bass Two alternating drummers Electric guitar (identity unknown) Percussion, tambourine, handclaps Additional horns Restoration performed by Unknown Master Recordings (2025) Recovered, restored, reissued.