One Foot In The Gutter: A Treasury Of Soul - The Dave Bailey Sextet
When you talk about jazz in 1960, you’re talking about a music in transition. Bebop had already reshaped the landscape, hard bop was thriving, modal experiments were breaking ground, and the avant-garde was stirring restlessly. In the midst of all this, One Foot in the Gutter appeared, not as a revolutionary manifesto, but as a down-to-earth, swinging, soulful document of jazz as a living language.
The album was recorded on July 19 and 20, 1960, at Columbia’s famed 30th Street Studio in New York City. That studio, a converted church with high ceilings and a natural acoustic glow, was one of the finest recording spaces in the country. Miles Davis had recorded Kind of Blue there the year before; Glenn Gould’s celebrated Bach recordings were captured in the same room. The sound of that space, warm, resonant, and almost cathedral-like, shapes this album, giving it a sense of openness that no amount of technical engineering could manufacture.
Artist(s): Drums – Dave Bailey
Trumpet – Clark Terry
Bass – Peck Morrison
Piano – Horace Parlan
Tenor Saxophone – Junior Cook
Trombone – Curtis Fuller
Recording Info: Recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City, on July 19 and 20, 1960
Producer - Mike Berniker
Sourced from an Epic "Stereorama" Original Pressing
Components used for this transfer: Analog: Transferred using a VPI - HW-40 Anniversary Direct Drive Turntable - Cartridge: Ortofon MC Anna Diamond - Merrill Audio Jens Phono Preamp
Digital: Merging Hapi Analog to Digital Converter, clocked by an Antelope Audio 10MX Atomic Clock
Power Conditioning: Shunyata Research Everest 8000 for all components
All components grounded to Shunyata ALTAIRA Hubs
1 One Foot In The Gutter 10:50
2 Well You Needn't 11:51
3 Sandu 20:58
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