Bobby Few – More or Less Few

Bobby Few – More or Less Few

Publisher: Center of the World

Catalog: CW 003

Wikipedia wrote:

Few was raised in Shaker Heights, a neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and studied classical piano. He knew avant-garde jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler as a youth, and the pair studied jazz and played together in high school. Few led a trio in New York from 1958 to 1964, while working with a diverse range of musicians, including singer Brook Benton, and saxophonists Jackie McLean and Ayler. Few played on several of Ayler’s recordings, as well as with Alan Silva, Archie Shepp, Sunny Murray, Steve Lacy, Noah Howard, Booker Ervin and Kali Fasteau.

Some of Few’s various playing styles were described by Kevin Whitehead: “He can play delicate single-note melodies, roll out lush romantic chords, rap out explicitly Monkish close-interval clanks – though he’s a busier pianist than Monk – or roll around in classic free style, using a sustain pedal to shape the density of his sound.”

Tracklist:

01. More or Less Few

02. Few’s Blues

03. Simone

04. I’ll Never Be the Same Again

05. Chasing the Piano

Released: original (this copy)

also released under the same catalog number with alternate artwork that credited “Center of the World” instead of Bobby Few (common to other releases on Center of the World)

Recorded: 1973/11 in Paris, France

Personnel: Bobby Few – Piano, Melodica, Voice; Muhammad Ali – Drums; Alan Silva – Bass

Lineage: vinyl rip