Jazz
Chris Flory - Guitar, Producer
Chuck Riggs - Drums
Daniel Block - Sax (Tenor)
Jon-Erik Kellso - Trumpet
Mike LeDonne - Organ
Master guitarist Chris Flory, who first came to the fore as a member of Scott Hamilton's groups and later gained experience with such great veterans as Buddy Tate, Illinois Jacquet, Hank Jones, Jo Jones, Roy Eldridge, Ruby Braff, Rosemary Clooney and Maxine Sullivan and by gigging with the Benny Goodman Sextet from1978 until '83, makes his swinging Arbors Records debut. Notes by Ira Gitler. Cover Photo by Watt Sriboonruang
* Ira Gitler - Liner Notes
* Jim Czak - Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
* Luke Melton - Cover Design
* Mat Domber - Executive Producer
* Rachel Domber - Executive Producer
Chris Flory
Active Decades: '70s, '80s and '90s
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Swing
An excellent swing-based guitarist, Chris Flory first worked professionally in Providence, RI, in 1974. A longtime associate of Scott Hamilton (who he first played with in 1976), Flory has also worked with Benny Goodman (1979-1985), Roy Eldridge, Illinois Jacquet, Bob Wilber, Buddy Tate, and Ruby Braff, among others, and toured China in 1992 with Judy Carmichael. He has appeared on many Concord records, leading two sessions of his own and playing regularly with Hamilton.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
