Compulsion!!!!! (Tone Poet): Vinyl LP 2025BF40% and tuba innovator Ray Draper

and tuba innovator Ray Draper

and Art Taylor on drums delivering a swinging hard bop set that presented 2 originals by McLean (“Tippin’ the Scales” and “Rainy Blues”) along with 3 by Clark (“Nursery Blues

(1959)  ∙  Confetti (1959)  ∙

The tapes were recently unearthed in the private collection of Verve Records founder Norman Granz

There is a common fabric to both the art of jazz and soccer with improvisational wonder at its heart

Compulsion!!!!! (Tone Poet): Vinyl LP 2025BF40% and tuba innovator Ray DraperOne of the boldest statements in Andrew Hills discography, 1965s Compulsion was the pianists expression of the avant garde through the prism of jazzs roots in African rhythms. Hills percussive piano drives an intrepid ensemble featuring Freddie Hubbard, John Gilmore, Cecil McBee, and Joe Chambers. Side A 1. Compulsion 2. Legacy Side B 1. Premonition 2. Limbo