The Red Norvo Combo feat. Dave McKenna, Milt Hinton, Mousey Alexander, Kenny Davern – Red Norvo Combo, The Second Time Around (Remastered) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 35:07 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © 2xHD
This album was the direct result of the Odessa Jazz Party in Texas in which vibraharpist Red Norvo participated, joined by saxophonist Kenny Davern, pianist Dave McKenna, bassist Milt Hinton and drummer Mousey Alexander. Spread over six days, the Odessa Jazz Party brings together twenty or so musicians to play in various contexts. Red brought down the house with assistance by Davern and McKenna, who realized he was tired of making solo records. So, Red invited his friends to the studio in New York in 1975 to record two sessions for this, his second “Famous Door” series album, and here we have evidence of the strongly swinging music heard by the guests at Odessa. Features four previously unissued alternate takes.
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Mousey Alexander – The Mouse Roars! (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:38 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Progressive
One of my uncles was Mousey Alexander. I didn’t know him very well, only meeting him a few times that I can recall. The most I remember about him was watching him play at a jazz club in Chicago one time when I was a young teenager, and also spending a little time with him on a vacation in New York. (In particular I remember going fishing with him and my dad in New York. We caught something like 40 small fish in an hour or two. Every time we dropped a line in the water we caught a fish in a matter of moments.) I also remembered that he called a lot of people “cat” or a “cool cat.”
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