Pete Rugolo was not so much a tunesmith as he was a sound-smith, an inventor of new moods, of striking new colors, arresting combinations. His imagination roves to the horizons of possibilities in extracting fresh voicings from standard and familiar instruments. While the impact in the ear of his sounds is that of a conversation-stopper, his techniques are subtle. Here is music with the most willing of hi-fi sound and with all the available tone colors that could conceivably be derived from the varied and large instrumentation.
This wonderful 2-CD set contains in chronological order all the recordings Pete Rugolo did fronting his amazing studio orchestra in 1956, made up by some of the greatest jazz performers of the Hollywood jazz scene.
Tracklist
Total time: 140:47 min.
CD 1
01. Later Team (Rugolo-Lunham) 2:55
02. Dream Of You (Sy Oliver) 5:02
03. Once In A While (Green-Edwards) 3:39
04. Fawncy Meeting You (Neal Hefti) 4:41
05. Dont Play The Melody (Rugolo) 2:36
06. For Hi-Fi Bugs (Rugolo) 2:50
07. The Boy Next Door (Blane-Martin) 4:17
08. These Foolish Things
(Holt-Marvell-Link-Strachey) 4:42
09. Cant We Talk It Over?
(Young-Washington) 4:46
10. Oscar And Petes Blues (Peterson-Rugolo) 8:18
11. Snowfall (Claude Thornhill) 3:18
12. Early Duke (Rugolo) 4:12
13. In A Modal Tone (Rugolo) 2:56
14. Sunday, Monday Or Always
(Van Heusen-Burke) 3:28
15. Ballade For Drums (Rugolo) 3:26
16. Cha-Lito Linda (Rugolo) 2:03
17. Nancy (Van Heusen-Silvers) 2:30
18. Repetitious Riff (Rugolo) 4:37
19. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Kern-Harbach) 4:09
CD 2
01. Impressionism (Rugolo) 3:14
02. Spring Is Here (Rodgers-Hart) 4:09
03. If You Could See Me Now
(Dameron-Sigman) 2:19
04. Collaboration (Rugolo-Kenton) 2:40
05. Theme For Alto (Rugolo) 3:12
06. Interlude (Rugolo) 3:33
07. Godchild (George Wallington) 3:11
08. My Mothers Eyes (Baer-Gilbert) 4:18
09. Brass At Work (Rugolo) 3:21
10. All The Things You Are (Kern-Hammerstein) 3:02
11. Walkin Shoes (Gerry Mulligan) 2:56
12. Igor Beaver (Rugolo) 2:00
13. Yardbird Suite (Charlie Parker) 3:11
14. Our Waltz (David Rose) 4:05
15. Polytonal Blues (Rugolo) 2:19
16. Temptation (Freed-Brown) 3:04
17. Song For Tuba (Rugolo) 3:00
18. Everything Happens To Me (Dennis-Adair) 3:45
19. A Rose For David (Rugolo) 3:29
20. Salute (Rugolo) 2:35
Album details
Personnel on CD 1:
Tracks #1-4: Buddy Childers, Don Paladino, Maynard Ferguson, Pete Candoli (tp), Frank Rosolino, Herbie Harper, Milt Bernhart (tb), George Roberts (btb), John Cave, Vince DeRosa (frh), Clarence Karella (tuba), Ronny Lang (fl, as), Harry Klee (fl, piccolo, as), Dave Pell, Gene Cipriano (ts), Chuck Gentry (bs), Larry Bunker (vb, xylophone, tympany, percussion), Russ Freeman (p), Howard Roberts (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Shelly Manne (d, perc).
Hollywood, July 9, 1956
Tracks #5-8: Same personnel but Ray Linn replaces Buddy Childers.
Hollywood, July 10, 1956
Track #9: Ray Linn, Don Palatino, Maynard Ferguson, Pete Candoli (tp), Russ Freeman (p), Howard Roberts (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Shelly Manne (d).
Hollywood, July 10, 1956
Tracks #10-13: Same personnel as 5-8 but Don fagerquist replaces Don Palatino.
Hollywood, July 11, 1956
Tracks #14-18: Don Fagerquist, Maynard Ferguson, Ray Linn, Ed Leddy (tp), Frank Rosolino, Herbie Harper, Milt Bernhart (tb), George Roberts (btb), John Cave, John Graas (frh), Jay McAllister (tuba), Bud Shank (fl, as), Harry Klee (fl, piccolo, as), Bob Cooper (oboe, ts), Dave Pell (ts), Jimmy Giuffre (bs), Larry Bunker (vb, xylophone, tympany, percussion), Russ Freeman (p), Barney Kessel (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Shelly Manne (d).
Hollywood, October 29, 1956
Track #19: Bud Shank (fl, oboe), Harry Klee (fl, oboe, as), Bob Cooper (oboe, ts), Dave Pell (ts), Jimmy Giuffre (bs), Barney Kessel (g), Joe Mondragon (b).
Hollywood, October 29, 1956
Personnel on CD 2:
Tracks #1-6: Bud Shank, Harry Klee (fl, as), Dave Pell (bcl, English horn, ts), Ted Nash (oboe, ts), Chuck Gentry (bs), Babe Russin, Leonard Hartman, Lloyd Mildebrandt, Alex Gershunoff, Morris Bercoy (woodwinds), Barney Kessel (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Shelly Manne (d), Katherine Julyle (harp).
Hollywood, October 30, 1956
Tracks #7-10: Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Maynard Ferguson, Ray Linn (tp), Frank Rosolino, Herbie Harper, Milt Bernhart (tb), George Roberts (btb), John Cave, John Graas, Fred Fox (frh), Clarence Karella (tuba), Andre Previn (p), Barney Kessel (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Larry Bunker (d, perc).
Hollywood, October 31, 1956
Tracks #11-15: Bud Shank (fl, as), Harry Klee (piccolo, as), Dave Pell (bcl, English horn, ts), Bob Cooper (oboe, ts), Chuck Gentry (bs), Babe Russin, Leonard Hartman, Lloyd Mildebrandt, Alex Gershunoff, Morris Bercoy (woodwinds), Andre Previn (p), Barney Kessel (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Shelly Manne (d).
Hollywood, November 1, 1956
Tracks #16-20: Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Maynard Ferguson, Ray Linn (tp), Frank Rosolino, Herbie Harper, Milt Bernhart (tb), George Roberts (btb), John Cave, John Graas, Vince DeRosa (frh), Clarence Karella (tuba), Claude Williamson (p), Barney Kessel (g), Joe Mondragon (b), Larry Bunker (perc).
Hollywood, November 2, 1956
Produced for CD release by Jordi Pujol
