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• Originally released on the Concord label, this masterful 1978 meeting of jazz guitar giants has quietly become one of the most collectible albums of its era. Herb Ellis and Remo Palmier (a.k.a Palmieri) were contemporaries in the red-hot NYC jazz scene of the 40s, but they arrived at this recording through very different routes. Ellis reputation steadily grew as he went from being a sideman in the Glen Gray and Jimmy Dorsey orchestras to being a mainstay in the Oscar Peterson Trio in the 50s, and later playing in a guitar trio with Barney Kessel and Charlie Byrd. Palmier, on the other hand, got his career off to a blazing start, playing with Coleman Hawkins before appearing on seminal bebop sides (e.g. Groovin High) with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. But then, health issues intervened, and Palmier spent the next three decades or so working a staff job at CBS for The Arthur Godfrey Show. Finally, after the show was canceled, Palmier re-entered jazz circles but never really recorded much, which only makes Windflower that much more of a treasure. Sublime is the word that springs to our mind, but you can substitute your own superlative; backed by George Duvivier on bass and Ron Traxler on drums, Ellis and Palmier bring an organic sense of swing, beautifully-voiced chords, and lyrical lead lines to such fare as The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Groove Merchant, and even Danny Boy.

  Produced by Concord label founder Carl Jefferson, pressed on black vinyl for maximum fidelity.

• Artist: Herb Ellis, Remo Palmieri Label: Real Gone Music Format: LP Units: 1 Country: US Genre: Jazz Style: Bossanova, Cool Jazz, Latin Jazz, Swing

• A1 Windflower
  A2 The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
  A3 My Foolish Heart
  A4 Close Your Eyes
  A5 Danny Boy
  B1 Walkin’
  B2 Stardust
  B3 Triste
  B4 Groove Merchant