If you love the sound of vibes, you're gonna really love this CD. Lem Winchester was one of the most promising young vibraphone artists of all time. He would be right up there with the likes of Milt Jackson, Roy Ayers Johnny Lytle and Victor Feldman if he had survived a shooting accident. Mr. Winchester was a cop in Willmington, Deleware who just happened to have as a hobby, playing the vibes.
After appearing at the Newport Jazz Festival, Lem turned to playing the vibes professionally appearing with performing artists like saxophonist Oliver Nelson, and organist Jack McDuff and Shirley Scott. He also debuted on an album with a young piano player based out of Chicago by the name of Ramsey Lewis on the old Argo label of Chess Records.
This CD set which was recorded in 1960, contains two complete Lem Winchester albums along with tracks featuring vocalist Etta Jones. In this set, Lem demonstrates his abilities as both a leader and an accompanist. An out-of-print album titled “With Feeling” recorded at Rudy van Gelder's Englewood Cliffs, NJ studio, provides the first eight tracks. This is what makes this compilation so valuable. The personnel included Richard Wyands on piano, Roy Haynes on drums and George Duvivier on bass. The remaining tracks on Disk One as well as the first three on Disk Two are a collaboration between Lem Winchester and Oliver Nelson who played both alto and tenor saxophones. On the other track on the album, Winchester is a sideman on cuts led by vocalist, Etta Jones.
- Audio CD (October 18, 2012)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Label: Fresh Sound Records (FSR 737)
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