James Spaulding

[Eloe Omoe]

1) Earl Warren was one of the greatest alto players I ever heard in person, and 'tis a pity he never recorded in a solo context to any good effect

The LP that Warren recorded in 1973 for English RCA is quite good (it's only one side, unfortunately - however, he shared the LP with the Buddy Tate group , which is no bad thing). Nothing from this series has ever been reissued, as far as I know, which is really a shame (a Mosaic box would be nice): there was a Vic Dickenson, an Eddie Barefield, a JPJ Quartet (Budd Johnson), an Eddie Durham, the split Warren/Tate, three anthologies with unissued tracks from the above LPs, and maybe something else.

I have also a Muse LP from 1985 under Warren's name, a quintet with Eddie Durham on trombone, which I have always found nice even if a little ragged in spots.

[AllenLowe]

when I heard him, Earl played real hard with a metal mouthpiece, a lot of chords, very hip - unlike anything I'd heard of him before; hope those LPs reflect this -