Jazz
Red Norvo - Cover Photo, Vibraphone, Xylophone
Jimmy Wyble - Guitar
John Markham - Drums
Red Wooten - Bass
with
Ella Mae Morse - Vocals
Mavis Rivers - Vocals
* John Jungklaus - Digital Remastering
* Peter Jacobson - Liner Notes
* Thomas Gramuglia - Digital Remastering
* Vil Vohler - Session Producer
* William Claxton - Photography
This CD, taken from radio transcriptions cut for the radio show "The Navy Swings," features vibraphonist Red Norvo's group in 1962, which by itself is rather notable, for Norvo made no other recordings as a leader from 1960-68. Red's quintet (which also includes guitarist Al Viola, pianist Jack Wilson, bassist Jimmy Bond and drummer Bill Goodwin) plays very much in the cool-toned but often heated style of his earlier trios. Mavis Rivers and Ella Mae Morse take a total of three vocals, but it is the 11 instrumentals (counting four alternate takes) that are particularly memorable, most notably "Spider's Web," "Lena and Lenny" and "Rhee, O, Rhee."
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
