Buttery smooth big band featuring a who's who of West Coast jazz royalty from the 1950s, including Conte Candoli, Lou Levy and Mel Lewis, performing charts by Bill Holman, Al Cohn, Marty Paich, and the like that feel like a big, warm embrace. As the other reviewer notes, rather gushingly, this CD features a great version of "Moonglow" that'll have you humming along to it in your head for days. But the saddest thing is that there were folks like my parents, who came of age during the 1940s, rather glumly... more info
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Well, it ought to be...This is quite possibly a perfect big band album. Anyone who likes Jazz, thinks they might, or anyone who Hates Jazz should have this disc. If you Love Jazz, You'll Love it more, If you Hate Jazz, It'll change your mind! From the best version of Moonglow since Benny Goodman's to the ROCKIN' The Claw, you will listen to this disc over and over and over. In fact, you might want to just go ahead and buy two copies, cause you'll wear out the first one. Terry Gibbs is possibly the most... more info
