The Waiting Game LP (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP SOV_essentials ‘Message II (Survival)’

‘Message II (Survival)’

Complicated

A5        Baby Boomerang

Never Comes the Day (BBC Radio One - David Symonds’ Sunday Concert 17th December 1969)

“Muddy River”

The Waiting Game LP (Tone Poet Series): Vinyl LP SOV_essentials ‘Message II (Survival)’The Waiting Game was the unsung tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks final album, recorded in 1961 but not released until 1999. Brooks is one of the most under appreciated tenor players and composers of the hard bop era, with only one of his four Blue Note sessions (the classic True Blue) released during his lifetime. Brooks is joined here by Johnny Coles on trumpet, Kenny Drew on piano, Wilbur Ware on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums. Brooks penned five