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Tommy Alexander & Keith Williams Alexander The Great + The Dazzling Sound For Sale

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Tommy Alexander & Keith Williams Alexander The Great + The Dazzling Sound:
$19.98

Personnel:

Tommy Alexander (tb, lead), Clyde Reasinger, Pete Candoli,Conrad Gozzo, Manny Klein (tp), Dave Wells, Frank Strong, Lew McCreary, JayHill, Si Zentner, Tommy Pederson (tb), Dick Paladino, Lanny Morgan (as), BillTrujillo, Ted Nash (ts), Chuck Gentry, Lennie Mitchell (bs), Arnold Ross (p),Tommy Tedesco (g), Harry Babasin (b), Alvin Stoller (d), Bill Holman, Jim Bates(arr), Keith Williams (tp, lead, arr), Johnny Audino, Don Fagerquist, WesHensel, Frank Beach, Cappy Lewis (tp), Joe Howard, Herbie Harper, Harry Betts,George Roberts (tb), Russ Cheever, Bob Hardaway, Don Renfrew, Bill Ulyate(reeds), Al Hendrickson (g), Curtis Counce (b), Larry Bunker (d), Gene Estes(perc), Russell Garcia (arr)

Reference: FSRCD965

WEST COAST SERIES · Jazz & Swing Orchestras

Rare & Collectible Albums by Unsung Bandleaders

When the dust from the collapse of the Swing Era settled,there were few big bands left that had survived. Yet, because they loved theswinging drive of a full-on jazz orchestra, a series of adventurous and unsungbandleaders optimistically organized some fine, but short-lived, new orchestrasthat were packed with jazz and studio musicians, holding the flag of Swinghigh.

Alexander The Great showcases the orchestra led by TommyAlexander, a young trombonist who formerly was with Billy May. His new band hadan impeccable pedigree in players like Bobby Stiles, Arnold Ross, HarryBabasin, Dave Wells, Lanny Morgan and Bill Trujillo, all coolly, crisply andintelligently encased in the modern contemporary idiom by arrangers Bill Holmanand Jim Bates. The Band’s sound is different, in the sense that it often usestrombones as lead voices instead of the customary saxes, and it successfullycombined progressive jazz with the best of danceable rhythm, walking a swingingline between two opposite poles in jazz.

The Dazzling Sound. For this album, the band of KeithWilliams delivered a balanced program of standards and original songs cleverlyarranged by Williams himself and Brinley Bethel, as well as the original WikiWiki by Russ Garcia. Without the rhythmic support of neither piano nor guitar,the band shines by the ensemble work of its skilled reed section, pushed by thehigh-pitched, dazzling brass sound, and a tasty and colorful percussion. Themain jazz soloist is tenor saxophonist Ted Nash, but Herbie Harper, DonFagerquist, Cappy Lewis, Russ Cheever, Bob Hardaway and guitarist Tommy Tedescoare also heard in some daring, albeit brief, solos.

Tracklisting:

01. Mad About the Boy (Noel Coward) 3:14

02. Tomboy (Bill Holman) 2:09

03. We\'ll Be Together Again (Laine-Fischer) 2:53

04. I Hadn\'t Anyone \'Till You (Ray Noble) 2:42

05. Midnight Sun (Hampton-Burker-Mercer) 3:47

06. Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing) 2:12

07. Old Devil Moon (Lane-Harburg) 2:20

08. The Song Is You (Kern-Hammerstein II) 2:02

09. All the Things You Are (Kern-Hammerstein II) 2:25

10. It Could Happen to You (Van Heusen-Burke) 2:31

11. Flamingo (Grouya-Anderson) 3:20

12. Don\'t Be That Way (Goodman-Samson-Parish) 2:46

13. Was That The Human Thing to Do? (Fain-Young) 2:48

14. Trees (Rasbach-Kilmer) 2:51

15. Mine (G. & I. Gershwin) 2:28

16. I Remember You (Schertzinger-Mercer) 2:48

17. Carioca (Youmans-Kahn-Eliscu) 2:31

18. Toscana (Williams-Bethel) 2:27

19. Winter Interlude (Williams-Bethel) 2:58

20. Easy to Love (Cole Porter) 2:30

21. Wiki Wiki (Russell Garcia) 2:26

22. Bernie\'s Tune (Bernie Miller) 2:32

23. Sleeping Princess (Williams-Bethel) 2:33

24. When Your Lover Has Gone (Einar Aaron Swan) 2:49

25. Caleta (Lyle Murphy) 3:04

26. Solo (Bob Russell) 2:30

27. Why Not? (Williams-Bethel) 2:47

Sources:

Tracks #1-11,from the album “Alexander the Great” (Liberty LRP-3008)

Tracks #12 & 13,from the 78 rpm disk MGM 11921

Tracks #14 & 15,from the 78 rpm disk MGM 11994

Tracks #16-27,from the album “The Dazzling Sound” (Liberty LRP-3040)

Personnel on #1-11:TOMMY ALEXANDER and His Orchestra

Clyde Reasinger, Ed Bordenave, Bob Clark, Bobby Stiles,trumpets; Dave Wells, Frank Strong, Lew McCreary, Jay Hill, trombones; DickPaladino, Lanny Morgan, alto saxes; Bill Trujillo, tenor sax; John Bambridge,tenor & baritone sax; Lennie Mitchell, baritone sax; Arnold Ross, piano;Tommy Tedesco, guitar; Harry Babasin, bass; Sal LaPertche, drums. Arrangementsby Bill Holman (#2,4,6,9 & 11), and Jim Bates

Recorded at CapitolRecords Studio, Hollywood, November 24 & 25, 1955

Personnel on #12-15:TOMMY ALEXANDER and His Orchestra

Pete Candoli, Conrad Gozzo, Manny Klein, Uan Rasey,trumpets; Murray McEachern, Si Zentner, Tommy Pederson, trombones; Ed Kusby,bass trombone; Skeets Herfurt, alto sax; Ted Nash, Fred Falensby, tenor saxes;Bob Dawes, Chuck Gentry, baritone saxes; Cliff Fishback, piano; Al Hendrickson,guitar; Joe Mondragon, bass; Alvin Stoller, drums. Arrangements by Billy May

Recorded at CapitolRecords Studios, Hollywood, May 11, 1954

Personnel on #16-27:KEITH WILLIAMS Big Band

Keith Williams, conductor & trumpet; Johnny Audino, DonFagerquist, Don Smith, Wes Hensel, Jerry Kadovitz, Frank Beach, Cappy Lewis,trumpets; Joe Howard, Herbie Harper, Harry Betts, Ed Freudenberg, TommyPederson, Roy Weigand, trombones; George Roberts, Marshall Cram, bass trombone;Jack Dumont, clarinet, alto sax; Russ Cheever, soprano sax; Ted Nash, tenorsax; Bill Ulyate, Don Davidson, baritone sax; Al Hendrickson, Tommy Tedesco,guitar; Curtis Counce, Joe Comfort, Francis James, bass; Larry Bunker, JohnLais, drums; Gene Estes, mallets, bongos; Ralph Collier, Dick Shanahan,percussion. Arrangements by Keith Williams, Russell Garcia (#21), and BrinleyBethel (#19).

Recorded at RadioRecorders, Hollywood, July 16, December 4 & 21, 1956

Original recordings produced by Harry Babasin & SimonJackson (#1-11), unknown (#12-15) and Russell Keith (#16-27).

Engineers: JohnPalladino (#1-11), unidentified (#12-15), Val Valentin (#17,22,27), Ted Keep(#16,19,24,25) and John Kraus (#18,20,21,23,26)

Original coverdesigns: Ed Graves / Alex de Paolo

Liner notes:Simon Jackson, Bob Russell & Jordi Pujol

Compiled for CDrelease by Jordi Pujol

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Tommy Alexander & Keith Williams Alexander The Great + The Dazzling Sound For Sale

Tommy Alexander & Keith Williams Alexander The Great + The Dazzling Sound: $19.98

Tommy Alexander & Keith Williams Alexander The Great + The Dazzling Sound:
$19.98