TALES OF MANATTHAN THE COOL PHILOSOPHY OF BABS GONZALES for Sale

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TALES OF MANATTHAN THE COOL PHILOSOPHY OF BABS GONZALES For Sale

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TALES OF MANATTHAN THE COOL PHILOSOPHY OF BABS GONZALES:
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TALES OF MANATTHAN - THE COOL PHILOSOPHY OFBABS GONZALES

Personnel:

BabsGonzales (vcl), Kenny Burrell (g), Peck Morrison (b), Roy Haynes (d)

Reference: FSRCD 1602

4**** ByAll Music Guide.

Anenthusiastic singer, Babs Gonzales did what he could to popularize bop.

When thisfairly obscure album was made in the late '50s, beatnik culture was just startingto penetrate the consciousness of mainstream America via such unlikely vehiclesas the Maynard G. Krebs character in the TV show The Many Loves of DobieGillis. Compared to Krebs' caricatured verse, the hipster-speak tales BabsGonzales spun to light cool jazz backing on Tales of Manhattan: The CoolPhilosophy of Babs Gonzales were gritty and streetwise. Heard these days, whenwe know just how on-the-edge some New York beats were, it sounds a little innocuous andcontrived. Taken as a timepiece, however, Gonzales' deftly rhythmic, liltingspoken poems-fables have their dated charms. Even if they steer well clear ofslice-of-life insight, the good-natured semi-sermonizing on making connections(the non-drug-related kind), talking up chicks, hanging out on Broadway in thewee hours, and stretching out your dollars to sustain your semi-bohemianlifestyle do capture something of the sunnier side of the 1950s New Yorkhipster world. One CD reissue pairs the album with an unrelated Googie Renealbum from the same era, Romesville, whose commercial mix of jazz, Latin music,and cinematic soundtrack music makes for a good if slightly incongruouscompanion piece.

Tracklisting:

01. The HatBox Chicks

02.Broadway4 A.M.

03. YouNeed Connections

04. 'DemResolution Liars

05. Manhattan Fable

06. 'DemJive New Yorkers

07. TheSquares

08. A Dollar Is Your Only Friend

09. TheCool Cat's Philosophy

10. OleBraggin' Freddie

Recorded inNew York City,1963.