V.S.O.P. #72 THE JOHN MARSHALL-TARDO HAMMER BOPERA HOUSE

John Marshall (trumpet), Tardo Hammer (piano), Ralph Lalama (tenor sax), John Webber (bass), Tom Melito (drums).

Recorded June 10, 1988, at Rudy Van Gelder Studios.
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder.

• Kiss & Tell (John Marshall) 5:23
• Samba Claudine (John Marshall) 5:48
• Gone Job (John Marshall) 6:22
• Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Kem Harbach) 6:44
• Wailing Wall (Fats Navarro) 6:07
• Is That So (Duke Pearson) 8:23
• Just One Of Those Things (Cole Porter) 7:48
• Sippin' At Bells (Charlie Parker) 5:12
• So Young (John Webber) 3:45
• Beans & The Boys (Coleman Hawkins) 7:50
• 11th & First (John Marshall) 6:49

Trumpeter John Marshall and pianist Tardo Hammer formed this group when the Metropolitan Bopera House broke up. Like Danny D'Imperio (former leader of the Metropolitan Bopera House), the Marshall-Hammer Bopera House is dedicated to the revitalization of bebop and hard bop. This CD features both classic bop tunes and new compositions by John Marshall. The session was engineered by studio mavin, Rudy Van Gelder.

Download:  www.amazon.com/Bopera-House-Tardo-Hammer-Marshall/dp/B002I0IF0W/ref=sr_1_1

Other sources for CD: City Hall Records

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