Jonah Jones & Glen Gray • Jonah Jones Quartet & Glen Gray Casa Loma Orchestra

 

Review
by Scott Yanow
Since trumpeter Jonah Jones and bandleader Glen Gray were two of Capitol's biggest jazz-oriented attractions of the late '50s/early '60s, a collaboration seemed logical. Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra (which at this point was really a big band filled with top West Coast studio players) performs a dozen Benny Carter arrangements; tenorman Plas Johnson gets in a few licks, and the swing-oriented repertoire suits Jones' playing just fine on this instrumental LP. Highlights include a remake of "Baubles, Bangles and Beads," "Two O'Clock Jump," "After You've Gone" and "West End Blues."
https://www.allmusic.com/album/jonah-jones-glenn-gray-mw0000917096?1648039143583

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Reseña
por Scott Yanow
Dado que el trompetista Jonah Jones y el director de orquesta Glen Gray eran dos de las mayores atracciones de Capitol orientadas al jazz a finales de los 50 y principios de los 60, una colaboración parecía lógica. La Casa Loma Orchestra de Gray (que en ese momento era realmente una big band formada por los mejores músicos de estudio de la Costa Oeste) interpreta una docena de arreglos de Benny Carter; el tenor Plas Johnson hace algunos toques, y el repertorio orientado al swing se adapta perfectamente a la forma de tocar de Jones en este LP instrumental. Lo más destacado incluye una nueva versión de "Baubles, Bangles and Beads", "Two O'Clock Jump", "After You've Gone" y "West End Blues".
https://www.allmusic.com/album/jonah-jones-glenn-gray-mw0000917096?1648039143583

Tracklist:
1. Baubles, Bangles And Beads
2. Echoes Of Harlem
3. Two O'Clock Jump
4. I Can't Get Started
5. Boy Meets Horn
6. Hot Lips
7. After You've Gone
8. West End Blues
9. Ciribiribin
10. Tenderly
11. Sugar Blues
12. Apollo Jumps


Credits:
    Bass – Mike Rubin*, Morty Korb
    Drums – Nick Fatool
    Guitar – Jack Marshall
    Leader – Glen Gray
    Piano – Ray Sherman
    Producer – Curly Walter, Tom Morgan
    Saxophone – Abe Most, Babe Russin, Chuck Gentry, Plas Johnson, Skeets Herfurt
    Trombone – George Roberts, Joe Howard, Ken Shroyer*, Lew McCreary, Milt Bernhart
    Trumpet – Al Porcino, Conrad Gozzo, Joe Graves, Jonah Jones, Manny Klein, Shorty Sherock, Uan Rasey

Label: Capitol Records – ST 1660, Capitol Records – ST-1660
Released: 1962
Genre: Jazz
Style: Swing
https://www.discogs.com/release/3449990-Jonah-Jones-And-The-Quartet-Glen-Gray-And-The-Casa-Loma-Orchestra-Jonah-Jones-Quartet-Glen-Gray-Casa

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