Gene Quill

[Larry Kart]

Been listening to a collection of his early work: "The Tiger, Portrait of a Great Alto Player" (Fresh Sound). Hard for me to believe that I ever thought of Quill as just another hot alto player of the time. Hot he was but much more than that -- very inventive rhythmically and just a fine player of the instrument. His intonation, for one had a special "ping" to it. 

[clifford_thornton]

Only have his recordings with Phil Woods but they are quite a pair -- I oughta check out his work outside of that context.

[jlhoots]

3 Bones & a Quill is O.K.

[Larry Kart]

On that Quill album I mentioned, the pianist on the first five tracks  (from a 1955 concert) is none other than Argonne Thornton (aka Sadik Hakim). He is in quite good boppish form. In fact it's a fine tight band altogether -- Quill, Dick Sherman trumpet (intense, thoughtful), Buddy Jones bass, and drummer Sol Gubin (rather Max like).