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Henry Grimes & Marzette Watts: The Call

Read "The Call" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 5, 2026

Long before Henry Grimes became known as jazz's great Lazarus story, he was simply one of the most technically astonishing bassists working in New York City's' free jazz underground. Recorded on December 28, 1965, and issued by ESP-Disk in 1966, The Call stands as his debut as a leader, and it remains a document of quiet audacity rather than the raw energy so often associated with the label's catalog. Teaming with clarinetist Perry Robinson and drummer Tom Price, Grimes assembled ...

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Henry Grimes: The Call

Read "The Call" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 12, 2009

Era il 1965 quando Henry Grimes, all’epoca uno dei contrabbassisti di punta della generazione free, registrava per la ESP di Bernard Stollman il suo primo e unico disco, The Call. Chi avrebbe potuto immaginare che solo due anni più tardi sarebbe stato inghiottito da un buco nero che lo avrebbe tenuto lontano dalle scene per 35 lunghissimi anni? Della spettacolare rentrée di Grimes e delle vicende legate al suo ritorno alla musica ormai si è scritto fin troppo [per leggere ...