chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 is my inquiry.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereojack Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 is my inquiry.... He is. 94 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
six string Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Can anyone recomend any of his albums? One of my local record stores recently pulled out another batch of lps from their overstuffed wherehouse and there were a bunch of Pete Rugolo albums in the cache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 I met his son a couple of years ago. Had played in a rock n' roll band with a neighbour of mine and they'd put the band together again for the neighbour's birthday. He was very proud of his dad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted April 18, 2009 Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 Saw him 'in action' back in 1999-ish. Conducting a jazz ensemble with strings playing some of his arrangements. Think I might even have photos of it somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted April 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 i have a 78 called "early stan" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 (edited) Can anyone recomend any of his albums? One of my local record stores recently pulled out another batch of lps from their overstuffed wherehouse and there were a bunch of Pete Rugolo albums in the cache. Any of his Stan Kenton stuff. There should be a compilation focusing on Rugolo but I haven't found one yet. Of the Mercury albums, I especially like "Richard Diamond" and "Percussion at Work." The earlier Columbia albums all have good moments but they are hit-or-miss. If you can find "Behind Brigitte Bardot" on WB, buy it - and then promptly give it to me! "The Sweet Ride" soundtrack (MGM?) is great in a groovy 60s kind of way. OH, and his late 90s soundtrack "This World and the Fireworks" is on CD and routinely pops up for short dough. Edited April 19, 2009 by Teasing the Korean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted April 19, 2009 Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 Can anyone recomend any of his albums? One of my local record stores recently pulled out another batch of lps from their overstuffed wherehouse and there were a bunch of Pete Rugolo albums in the cache. I kind of like Reeds in Hi-Fi - ten woodwind/saxophone players and rhythm section. It's got a little of that late-50's bachelor pad corniness to it, but to me that's part of its appeal. It's also got some imaginative writing and solos by Bud Shank, Bob Cooper, and Barney Kessell, among others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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