Booker Little
The first trumpeter emerging after Clifford Brown's death to gain his own sound, Booker Little had a tremendous amount of potential before his premature death. He began on trumpet when he was 12 and played with Johnny Griffin and the MJT + 3 while attending the Chicago Conservatory. Little was with Max Roach (1958-1959) and then freelanced in New York. He recorded with Roach and Abbey Lincoln, was on John Coltrane's Africa/Brass album, and was well-documented during a July 1961 gig at the Five Spot with Eric Dolphy. Little had a memorable melancholy sound and his interval jumps looked toward the avant-garde, but he also swung like a hard bopper. Booker Little led four sessions (one album apiece for United Artists, Time, Candid, and Bethlehem), but died of uremia at the age of 23, a particularly tragic loss.
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Variations On the Scene
Pop - Released by Esos viejos vinilos on 25 Apr 2020
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Booker Little 4 & Max Roach
Jazz - Released by DNV on 25 Mar 2023
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Just at the Turn of the Tide
Jazz - Released by turn of the tide on 23 Apr 2023
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Fabulous Creature
Jazz - Released by classics & more on 1 May 2016
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Take a Coffee Break
Jazz - Released by moreeguale on 29 May 2014
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Times Square Time with
Jazz - Released by cr & ti masters on 19 Feb 2014
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Booker Little 4 and Max Roach
Lounge - Released by Ancien Prodige on 8 Nov 2022
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Save Your Love for Me - The Ballads Album
Jazz - Released by Nagel heyer records on 16 Aug 2017
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