Post by poetrylover3 on Jan 25, 2013 11:44:58 GMT -5
From the 60s, the Quincy Jones orchestras of The Quintessence stand out, particularly in the saxophone sections featuring variously Phil Woods, Jerome Richardson, veteran Basie-ites Frank Wess & Eric Dixon, the leader himself. And then there's the often unsung 'Snooky' Young, who I got to see one blessed evening with The Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra.
Which brings me to a band I never got to see due to my youthful ignorance ( in my defense I was barely five years old) and the fact they were LA-based (my Dad lived in Chicago & New York successively, where I saw most of my music early on): Terry Gibbs' "Dream Band". A few years back Terry Gibbs released six volumes in CD on the Contemporary Records label. Volume six is perhaps my favorite, recorded at The Sundown & The Seville in March and November 1959. This band had "Opus One", "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" (a Conte Candoli feature), "Prelude To A Kiss", "Flying Home", "I Remember You", "Moonlight in Vermont" in VERY swinging charts . Musicians included Bill Holman, Med Flory, Al Porcino, Stu Williamson, Joe Maini, Charlie Kennedy, Lou Levy, Bob Envoldsen, the leader, Terry Gibbs (vibes) out of a group of "sixteen men swinging". If you don't know this music yet, I advise you to acquire Volume One or Volume Six posthaste.
Which brings me to a band I never got to see due to my youthful ignorance ( in my defense I was barely five years old) and the fact they were LA-based (my Dad lived in Chicago & New York successively, where I saw most of my music early on): Terry Gibbs' "Dream Band". A few years back Terry Gibbs released six volumes in CD on the Contemporary Records label. Volume six is perhaps my favorite, recorded at The Sundown & The Seville in March and November 1959. This band had "Opus One", "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" (a Conte Candoli feature), "Prelude To A Kiss", "Flying Home", "I Remember You", "Moonlight in Vermont" in VERY swinging charts . Musicians included Bill Holman, Med Flory, Al Porcino, Stu Williamson, Joe Maini, Charlie Kennedy, Lou Levy, Bob Envoldsen, the leader, Terry Gibbs (vibes) out of a group of "sixteen men swinging". If you don't know this music yet, I advise you to acquire Volume One or Volume Six posthaste.
