La Roca, Pete Basra
Blue Note Drummer Leader Vinyls / 180gr.
1-LP Holland
Jazz
High Quality, Reissue
- Underrated drummer’s 1965 album
- His debut solo album and one of only two Blue Note albums as leader (the second emerged in 1997)
- Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio on 19th May 1965
- Featuring Blue Note legend Joe Henderson on tenor, Steve Kuhn on piano and Steve Swallow on bass
- Showcasing three fine La Roca originals (the title track, ‘Candu’, ‘Tears Come From Heaven’), Steve Swallow’s ‘Eiderdown’ and interesting takes on the standards Malaguena’ and ‘Lazy Afternoon’
- Produced by Alfred Lion
- Includes a famous Reid Miles cover, plus photography by Francis Wolff and liner notes by Ira Gitler