Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick

PAUL GONSALVES QUARTET

BASS
Kenny Napper

DRUMS
Ronnie Stevenson

PIANO
Pat Smythe

TENOR SAXOPHONE
Paul Gonsalves

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SYNOPSIS

Cut in London while touring Europe with Duke Ellington’s orchestra, Boom-Jackie-Boom-Chick presents tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves in an intimate small-group setting. Joined by Pat Smythe (piano), Kenny Napper (bass), and Ronnie Stephenson (drums), Gonsalves stretches out with soulful warmth, blues-drenched phrasing, and swinging drive across a set of standards and originals. Issued only in the UK on the Vocalion label, original pressings have become highly prized among collectors—both for their rarity and for capturing Gonsalves’ artistry away from Ellington’s spotlight.

GENRE & STYLE

Jazz
Post Bop

PERSONNEL

LINER NOTES
Sinclair Traill

COVER PHOTOGRAPHY
Harry Morris

DESIGN
Robin Benson

PRESSING INFORMATION

Vocalion – LAE 587
LP | 12”, 33⅓ RPM
United Kingdom / 1964
Original Pressing

IDENTIFIERS

TRACKLIST

  • WRITTEN BY
    Paul Gonsalves

  • WRITTEN BY
    Odd Axel Stordahl
    Paul Wetstein
    Samuel Cohen

  • WRITTEN BY
    John William Coltrane

  • WRITTEN BY
    Leo Robin
    Ralph Reichenthal

  • WRITTEN BY
    John Lionel Golden
    Robert Hubber Thorne Burnside
    John Raymond Hubbell

  • WRITTEN BY
    Paul Gonsalves

  • WRITTEN BY
    "Rodgers & Hart"
    (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart)

  • WRITTEN BY
    Albert Irving Silverman
    Sidney Keith Russell
    Margarita Lecuona