Track 1: Northern Scandinavia, or inspired by choirs from this area?
Track 2: Should be a Diz big band live track, with Chano Pozo? From 1948 then. Big Nick? Oop-Pap-A-Da. Wild.
Track 3: Love it. No idea who it is, but I love this kind of singing.
Track 4: Good, but not my thing. Nice guitarist. But the rhythm is boring.
Track 5: I liked that kind of music when it was new, but in retrospect the rhythms/grooves have not aged well. In that type of music, Vince Montana should be the vibes player.
Track 6: Girl Talk. Great way to play that tune. I'm curious who conceived that arrangement. California scene, I'd say. They should have given the bass player some room for variations.
Track 7: Nice interlude. More, please.
Track 8. No idea. Again: More, please.
re # 2: There are two live recordings from the 1948 European tour with that tune, Stockholm and Paris. Don't have the time to spin the LPs.