Jazz by Matthew Gee !

Trombonist Matthew Gee was primarily a section player and a valuable sideman, but as this CD reissue shows, he could have been a significant soloist too. The two sessions (Gee's only two as a leader) feature him in an unusual quintet with altoist Ernie Henry (the trombone-alto blend has a unique sound) and at the head of a septet also including trumpeter Kenny Dorham, tenorman Frank Foster, and baritonist Cecil Payne. The music is quite bop-oriented and mixes together standards with three swinging Gee originals. An underrated and generally overlooked gem by a forgotten trombonist.

Scott Yanow

Source : http://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-by-gee-r139163

Matthew Gee
Jazz by Gee

Tracks

1 Out of Nowhere (Green, Heyman) 3:24
2 I'll Remember April (DePaul, Johnston, Raye) 4:16
3 Joram (Massey) 3:04
4 Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie, Casey, Pinkard) 2:58
5 Gee ! (Gee) 5:00
6 Lover Man (Davis, Ramirez, Sherman) 6:11
7 Kingston Lounge (Gee) 8:45
8 The Boys from Brooklyn (Gee) 7:54

Personnel
[# 1-5] THE QUINTET
Matthew Gee - tb
Ernie Henry - as
Joe Knight - p
Wilbur Ware - b
Arthur Taylor - dr
Recorded at Reeves Studios, New York City ; August 22, 1956
[# 6-8] THE SEPTET
Kenny Dorham - tp
Matthew Gee - tb
Frank Foster - ts
Cecil Payne - bs
Joe Knight - p
John Simmons - b
Arthur Taylor - dr
Recorded at Reeves Studios, New York City ; July 19, 1956