George Wallington Quintet: Jazz at Hotchkiss

Date:Thursday, November 14, 1957
Label/Number:Savoy MG-12122
Personnel:George Wallington (p) Donald Byrd (tp) Phil Woods (as) Knobby Totah (b) Nick Stabulas (d)
Tracks:Ow / Dance Of The Infidels / Strange Music / Before Dawn / S’ Make It
Location:Hackensack
Producer:Uncredited
Liner Notes:Uncredited
Research Comments:Liner notes: “A safari by 5 of New York’s leading jazzmen trailed old Indian paths (now toll-ridden) out of New York one fine evening to Lakeville, Connecticut for a concert performance at one of the East’s most exclusive private schools for young men. Hotchkiss, a leading prep school for many years ….. George Wallington and his quintet (scions of America’s leading art form), appeared before a responsive audience of young gentlemen between the ages of 12 and 17, performing a repertoire of modern works firmly based in the Bop idiom. The reproduction of their efforts in studio conditions followed shortly upon their return ….”
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