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Lets take a walk back over 50 years in jazz history to the making of this live recording at the Village Vanguard. These six numbers have certainly not gathered the dust or become musty. Quite the opposite in fact. Where, today, can one find a group which can play a contemporary composer and arrangers complex arrangements with such precision yet so relaxed and swinging?
The team of Cohn-Mandel-Brookmeyer and the boss himself provided the framework for the soloists, the public was electrified right from the very start, an absolutely top performance was demanded and the recording team was luckily on the ball.
Exciting exchanges in the opening number "Blueport," the tender "Body And Soul" in an arrangement by Gerry Mulligan and an excellent solo by Clark Terry in "Black Nightgown" are the highlights of Side 1. "Come Rain" features the tightly knit sound of the ensemble, while "Lady Chatterley" gives Clark Terry a further opportunity to show off his musicianship in a brilliant final solo. In "Let My People Be," Mulligan sits down at the piano, the Concert Band closes their music books and a glorious, improvised dialogue takes place between the saxophones and the rest of the band.
A top class album that certainly deserves to keep on spinning on the turntable - even half a century later.
Features:
• Mastered Directly from the Original Master Tapes!
• 1/2 Speed Mastered Original Master Recording Series
• Specially Plated and Pressed on JVC's High Definition Super Vinyl
• Pressed in Japan
• Special Static Free-Dust Free Inner Sleeve
• Limited Edition
Musicians:
Gerry Mulligan, baritone saxophone, piano
Don Ferrara, Clark Terry, Nick Travis, trumpet
Willie Dennis, trombone
Alan Raph, bass trombone
Bob Brookmeyer, valve trombone
Bob Donovan, alto saxophone
Gene Quill, alto saxophone, clarinet
Jim Reider, tenor saxophone
Gene Allen, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Bill Crow, bass
Mel Lewis, drums
Selections:
1. Blueport
2. Body and Soul
3. Black Nightgown
4. Come Rain or Come Shine
5. Lady Chatterley's Mother
6. Let My People Be
Lets take a walk back over 50 years in jazz history to the making of this live recording at the Village Vanguard. These six numbers have certainly not gathered the dust or become musty. Quite the opposite in fact. Where, today, can one find a group which can play a contemporary composer and arrangers complex arrangements with such precision yet so relaxed and swinging?
The team of Cohn-Mandel-Brookmeyer and the boss himself provided the framework for the soloists, the public was electrified right from the very start, an absolutely top performance was demanded and the recording team was luckily on the ball.
Exciting exchanges in the opening number "Blueport," the tender "Body And Soul" in an arrangement by Gerry Mulligan and an excellent solo by Clark Terry in "Black Nightgown" are the highlights of Side 1. "Come Rain" features the tightly knit sound of the ensemble, while "Lady Chatterley" gives Clark Terry a further opportunity to show off his musicianship in a brilliant final solo. In "Let My People Be," Mulligan sits down at the piano, the Concert Band closes their music books and a glorious, improvised dialogue takes place between the saxophones and the rest of the band.
A top class album that certainly deserves to keep on spinning on the turntable - even half a century later.
Features:
• Mastered Directly from the Original Master Tapes!
• 1/2 Speed Mastered Original Master Recording Series
• Specially Plated and Pressed on JVC's High Definition Super Vinyl
• Pressed in Japan
• Special Static Free-Dust Free Inner Sleeve
• Limited Edition
Musicians:
Gerry Mulligan, baritone saxophone, piano
Don Ferrara, Clark Terry, Nick Travis, trumpet
Willie Dennis, trombone
Alan Raph, bass trombone
Bob Brookmeyer, valve trombone
Bob Donovan, alto saxophone
Gene Quill, alto saxophone, clarinet
Jim Reider, tenor saxophone
Gene Allen, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Bill Crow, bass
Mel Lewis, drums
Selections:
1. Blueport
2. Body and Soul
3. Black Nightgown
4. Come Rain or Come Shine
5. Lady Chatterley's Mother
6. Let My People Be
