Artist: Pete Rugolo And His Orchestra
Album: Adventures In Rhythm
Genre: Swing
Label: Documents
Released: 1954/2007
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
1. Here's Pete (Rugolo) - 2:25
2. My Funny Valentine (Hart - Rodgers) - 2:48
3. Mixin' The Blues (Rugolo) - 3:12
4. Poinciana (Song Of The Tree) (Bernier, Simon) - 2:16
5. Rugolo Meets Shearing (Saunders, Lunham, Rugolo) - 2:48
6. Sambamba (Baxter) - 2:26
7. King Porter Stomp (Morton) - 2:49
8. You Are Too Beautiful (Hart - Rodgers) - 2:50
9. Jingle Bells Mambo (Rugolo) - 2:53
10. There Will Never Be Another You (Warren, Gordon) - 2:16
11. Conversation (Ferrer) - 3:43
12. Good Evening Friends Boogie (Rugolo) - 3:19
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Pete Rugolo's early recordings as a leader after leaving Stan Kenton's Orchestra are quite rewarding and innovative in their own way, yet have been long underrated and out of print. This LP finds Rugolo leading all-star groups filled with such top West Coast jazz stars as trumpeters Pete Candoli, Shorty Rogers, and Maynard Ferguson; trombonists Milt Bernhart and Herbie Harper; Bob Cooper on tenor and oboe; altoist Bud Shank; baritonists Jimmy Giuffre and Bob Gordon; pianist Claude Williamson; guitarist Laurindo Almeida; and drummer Shelly Manne. On such numbers as "Mixin' the Blues," "Rugolo Meets Shearing," "Jingle Bells Mambo," and "King Porter Stomp," Pete Rugolo's arrangements are full of surprises while leaving space for his sidemen's short solos. Well worth searching for.
Review by Scott Yanow