Artist: Richie Kamuca & Bill Holman
Album: West Coast Jazz in Hifi
Genre: Cool Jazz
Label: Original Jazz Classics
Released: 1957/1990
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Way Down Under (Holman) - 3:34
- Blue Jazz (Kamuca) - 4:21
- Angel Eyes (Dennis-Brent) - 3:59
- Stella by Starlight (Young-Washington) - 3:21
- Star Eyes (Raye-DePaul) - 4:37
- I Hadn't Anyone Till You (Noble) - 4:26
- Linger Awhile (Rose-Owens) - 3:45
- The Things We Did Last Summer (Styne-Cahn) - 4:39
- If You Were No One (Holman) - 4:04
- Indiana (Hanley-McDonald) - 4:33
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- Personnel:
- Frank Rosolino - trombone
- Bill Holman - baritone saxophone, arranger
- Richie Kamuca - tenor saxophone
- Conte Candoli, Ed Leddy - trumpet
- Vince Guaraldi - piano
- Monty Budwig - bass
- Stan Levey - drums
Originally recorded for the Hi Fi label, this CD reissue features tenor saxophonist Richie Kamuca as the main soloist on a variety of standards and basic material arranged by Bill Holman, who plays baritone with the octet. Also heard from are trumpeters Conte Candoli and Ed Leddy, trombonist Frank Rosolino, pianist Vince Guaraldi, bassist Monty Budwig, and drummer Stan Levey. The music, although based on the West Coast, is not as cool-toned or as laid-back as one might expect. High points of the consistently swinging session include "Blue Jazz" (a Kamuca blues), "Star Eyes," "Linger Awhile," and "(Back Home Again In) Indiana."
Review by Scott Yanow