Georgie Auld and His Hollywood All-Stars - Play The Swinging Arrangements Of Billy May (1956)

01. They Can’t Take That Away From Me
02. My Blue Heaven
03. If I Loved You
04. Dinah / For You
05. Tippin’ In
06. Until The Real Thing Comes Along
07. In The Land Of Hi-Fi
08. I May Be Wrong
09. Love Is Just Around The Corner
10. A Sunday Kind Of Love
11. Swingin’ In The Moore Park
12. Frankie & Johnny
13. Too Marvelous For Words
14. Got A Date With An Angel
15. Old Rockin’ Chair
16. Rosetta
17. Back Home In Indiana
18. Prisoners Song / Blue Lou
19. Sweet Sue
20. I Get A Kick Out Of You
21. Laura
22. Sweet Lorraine

Georgie Auld (leader, ts) with:
#1-3: Conrad Gozzo, Maynard Ferguson, Ray Linn, Vito Mangano (tp), Si Zentner, Frank Rosolino, Tommy Pederson (tb), Skeets Herfurt,
 Gus Bivona (cl, as), Babe Russin (ts), Bob Dawes, Bob Lawson (bs), Paul Smith (p), Barney Kessel (g), Joe Comfort (b), Irving Cottler (d).
Hollywood, September 30, 1955.

#4-8: Same personnel as 1-3 but Manny Klein (tp) and Chuck Gentry (bs) replace Vito Mangano and Bob Lawson.
Hollywood, November 7, 1955.

#9-12: Same as #4-8 but Vito Mangano replaces Manny Klein.
Hollywood, November 11, 1955.

#13-16: Conrad Gozzo, Maynard Ferguson, Ray Linn, Vito Mangano (tp), Milt Bernhardt, Frank Rosolino, Tommy Pederson (tb), Skeets Herfurt,
 Willy Smith (cl, as), Babe Russin (ts), Irving Roth, Bob Lawson (bs), Paul Smith (p), Barney Kessel (g), Joe Comfort (b), Irving Cottler (d).
Hollywood, April 11 & 12, 1956.

#17-18: Same as 13-16 but Gus Bivona (as) and André Previn (p) replace Willy Smith and Paul Smith.
Hollywood, May 19, 1956.

#19-24: Same as 13-16.
Hollywood, May 26, 1956.

Georgie Auld and His Hollywood All Stars made a series of spiffy recordings during the autumn of 1955 and the spring of 1956 at the Capitol Studios on Vine Street in Hollywood, CA, using swank arrangements by Billy May. "Swank" is an apt descriptor for the sound of this band; the word has been traced back to the Middle Dutch "swanc" which translates as "supple"; there is also a link with the Old High German word "swingan" meaning "to swing." Billy May liked to employ dramatic flourishes and brusque, brassy maneuvers, with dazzling blasts from the trumpets and beefy bursts from the tenor and baritone saxophones over long deep basement tones from the trombones. Auld seemed to revel in this kind of a setting; the '50s were the golden age of showy sax with glitzy accompaniment. One prevailing rhythmic device was the "dip," a favorite formula for Earl Bostic that was soon being utilized by Jimmy Dorsey and dozens of popular saxophonists, including Boots Randolph. Kindred bandleaders who carried on in similar fashion during the '50s were Les Brown, Charlie Barnet, Billy Vaughn, Les Elgart and Henry Mancini. Georgie Auld and His Hollywood All Stars included Maynard Ferguson, Si Zentner, Frank Rosolino, Willie Smith, Babe Russin, Barney Kessel and André Previn. Showy, campy and at times rather explosive, this music is guaranteed to wake everyone up and maybe activate a latent sense of humor. --- arwulf arwulf, Rovi

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