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A fine album recorded at Birdland in 1992. The closing tracks, "Sofrito", is terrific.

Disc 2 of 2, which includes the programs "Drums Along The Mersey" and "The Mummified Priest". Songs on this disc are selected from recordings he made for episodes of the Navy Swings radio program in the mid to late 1960's. The songs are all pretty concise (only 2 exceed 3 minutes), but the small groups accompanying him included Jack Sheldon, Bob Enevoldsen, Herb Ellis and Jimmy Rowles (on organ!).

Recordings from 1959, not issued until 2002. In the liner notes, Terry Gibbs writes that he discovered 11 boxes of reel-to-reel tapes in one of his home closets after having to move following an earthquake in 1994. These selections came from those recordings. Out of 11 boxes of recordings, one would hope that there would be enough quality material to merit a follow up CD. I guess the question would be if there is even a market for such material any more. I would certainly be eager to buy & hear more by this band. Arrangements were by Al Cohn, Bob Brookmeyer and Manny Albam among others. Marty Paich's arrangement of "Opus One" is a standout.

"New Sounds" are not necessarily always "good sounds" as on this album Sam Butera plays the electric saxophone, a fad item of the era with which, thankfully, he did not continue.

Some cool music for a hot summer day . . .

Performances from various "Jazz In July" concerts, 1985-87

I wonder if his name was changed to "Freddy" on the album cover just because "y" was more aesthetically pleasing in that graphic layout than an "ie" would have been. It's a nice album which probably slips under the radar of a lot of folks.

I got this disc recently and really liked it. It presents Mark Murphy at one of his artistic peaks. Great band, but perhaps less than inspired material choices. I know other jazz musicians have covered "Ode To Billie Joe", but to me, without the storyline of the lyrics, it's just not all that interesting a song. "Somewhere My Love" can't help but sound like elevator music, no matter what and the title track (from the Sonny Bono songbook) just seems an odd choice -- surely there were better pop/rock hits to be covered in early 1968.

I do recall seeing a CD reissue of the Count Basie - Jackie Wilson album in a store several years ago. Not sure if it was a Japanese reissue or what.

All they have to do next is change the vehicle's name to the Jeep Grand --

On which Terry Gibbs basically borrowed Tito Puente's great rhythm & percussion sections of the time, plus the special guests appear on a few tracks each. Nothing spectacular, but a fun album all the same.

25 tracks from the singer/pianist on this compilation of 1940's & 50's Modern Records recordings put out by the Flair CD label.

The back of the CD case states this is part of Polygram's "Jazz Vocal Classics" series. It's an album which well deserves that title.

Listening to the Earl Hines program. I especially enjoy the interview section and hearing him tell how he began on the piano and developed as a musician.

Early on, while watching this movie, a quiet voice deep within me began urging, "get out now". I wish I had listened to that voice. This movie is a total waste of time. Not just the viewer's time, but also a waste of time (as well as talent, energy and resources) for the starring actors and the filmmakers. There was nothing at all likable about this movie.

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