New CD: The Paul Winter Sextet "Count Me In" 1962-1963

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New CD The Paul Winter Sextet "Count Me In" 1962-1963 (Living Music LMU-44 ).Street Date: November 6, 2012. 14 Never-Released Tracks
Including Their Historic 1962 Concert at the Kennedy White House.2CD Set.
Musicians: Disc I: Paul Winter – alto sax, Dick Whitsell – trumpet, Les Rout – baritone sax, Warren Bernhardt –piano, Richard Evans – bass, Harold Jones – drums. Disc II - Paul Winter – alto & soprano sax, Dick Whitsell – trumpet, Jay Cameron – baritone sax, Warren Bernhardt –piano, Chuck Israels – bass, Ben Riley – drums, Cecil McBee – bass, Freddie Waits –drums on tracks 12, 14 & 15, Jeremy Steig – flute, Gene Bertoncini– guitar on track 13

The Paul Winter Sextet emerged in Chicago during Paul's years at Northwestern University. After winning the 1961 Intercollegiate Jazz Festival, the band was signed to Columbia Records by legendary producer John Hammond. In 1962, on recommendation from Festival judges Dizzy Gillespie and Hammond, the Sextet was sent by the State Department on a six-month tour of 23 countries of Latin America. The success of this tour led to an invitation from First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy to play at the White House. The Sextet's performance in the East Room on November 19, 1962, happened to be the first-ever jazz concert in the White House.

With some personnel changes, the Sextet continued to tour and record throughout 1963, and were making their final album that November at the time of of President Kennedy's assassination. Numbed by that tragedy, and discouraged by what felt like the end of that optimistic era, the Sextet soon disbanded and members went their separate ways.

For the story of the Sextet's two-year journey, and complete liner notes on the tracks in this anthology, go to www.paulwinter.com/sextet

Disc I: tracks 11 – 17 White House East Room November 19, 1962
DISC I
1. A Bun Dance 3:37 (Norman Simmons)
2. Papa Zimbi 4:26 (Warren Bernhardt)
3. Casa Camara 4:58 (Richard Evans)
4. Them Nasty Hurtin' Blues 3:25 (Richard Evans)
5. Voce e Eu (Only You and I) 2:51 (Vinicius de Moraes, Carlos Lyra)
6. Insensatez (Foolish One) 3:40 (Vinicius de Moraes, Antonio Carlos Jobim)
7. Mystery Blues 3:55
8. Chega de Saudade (No More Blues) 3:03 (Vinicius de Moraes, Antonio Carlos Jobim)
9. Routeousness 4:50 (Les Rout)
10. Count Me In 2:26 Richard Evans)
11. Bells and Horns 4:45 (Milt Jackson)
12. Saudade de Bahia (Longing for Bahia) 4:26 (Dorival Caymmi)
13. Casa Camara 5:07 (Richard Evans)
14. Pony Express 3:20 (Warren Bernhardt)
15. Maria Ninguem (Maria Nobody) 2:57 (Carlos Lyra)
16. Toccata (from Suite Gillespiana) 4:45 (Lalo Schifrin)
17. Count Me In 3:01 (Richard Evans)

DISC II
1. Cupbearers 3:32 (Tom McIntosh – Kayak Music, Inc. BMI)
2. Ally 6:48 (Tom McIntosh – Kayak Music, Inc. BMI)
3. The Sheriff 4:44 (Gil Melle – Cyclades Music, BMI)
4. With Malice Toward None 5:22 (Tom McIntosh – Kayak Music, Inc. BMI)
5. All Members 6:50 (Jimmy Heath)
6. Marilia 5:27 (Warren Benhardt – Blackwood Music, Inc. BMI)
7. Suite Port au Prince
A. Invocation to Dambala
B. Prayer
C. Papa Zimbi 10:00 (Warren Bernhardt)
8. New York 19 5:15 (John Lewis)
9. Quem Quizer Encantror O Amor
(He who wants to find love has to cry) 3:47 (Carlos Lyra)
10. The Thumper 5:28 (Jimmy Heath)
11. Count Me In 2:44 (Richard Evans)
12. Repeat 3:21 (Denny Zeitlin – Ludlow Music, Inc. BMI)
13. Lass from the Low Countrie 3:44 trad. Living Earth Music BMI)
14. Down by the Greenwood Side 5:35 (trad. Living Earth Music, BMI)
15. We Shall Overcome 3:21
Recording Dates + Locations: Latin America & Columbia Studios 1961-1962

Produced by: Paul Winter and Dixon Van Winkle

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