John Tapscott

Don't know about Seabreeze, but the only things that I'm really aware of are a chart or two Ferguson did for Kenton's Neophonic and all the arrangements for these two Basie Band CD's under the direction of Grover Mitchell. "Count Plays Duke" won a Grammy I believe, but "Swing Shift" is the better of the two, IMHO.

Ferguson yes (2 charts), but not Elliott. The other arrangers are Bill Reddie, Dick Grove (great chart on "The Rotten Kid"), Don Piestrup (one of my favorite Rich writers), John Boice, Bill Potts, Don Rader, Bill Holman and Dave Bloomberg. But despite this diversity, there's a surprising unity to the album. Yes, the days when jazz at least had a look-in on network television were great, but long gone, I'm afraid. Now:

It really is. And so is this one (listening now):

Now: