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| 1. | Funky Serenade
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| 2. | Gubi
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| 3. | Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe
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| 4. | Just Plain Meyer
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| 5. | Bewitched
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| 6. | Let's Wail
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| 7. | Heads Or Tails
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| 8. | Slittin' Sam
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| 9. | I Didn't Know About You
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| 10. | Night Cap
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| 11. | Julie's Bugle
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| 12. | Rockin' In Rhythm
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| 13. | Let A Song Go Out O My Heart
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| 14. | Caravan
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| 15. | Solitude
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| 16. | Take The "A" Train
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| 17. | Sophisticated Lady
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| 18. | Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
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| 19. | Don't Get Around Much Anymore
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| 20. | Johnny Come Lately
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| 21. | C-Jam Blues
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| 22. | Caravan
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| 23. | Sophisticated Lady
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| 24. | Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
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Jazz
Recorded New York City, 1956. Los Angeles, 1957. Los Angeles ABC- TV show "Stars of Jazz", 1958
Terry Gibbs - vibraphone, marimba, xylophone
Bernie Glow, Al Derisi, Ernie Royal, Nick Travis (tp), Don Elliott (tp, mellophone) Bob Brookmeyer (vltb), Urbie Green, Tom Mitchell, Chauncey Welsh (tb), Sam Marowitz, Hal McKusick (as), Al Cohn, Frank Socolow (ts), Al Epstein (basr)
Although Terry Gibbs had been heard previously in a variety of moods, and mostly fronting his own quartet, he appeared here for the first time in a setting no less ideally suited for him-a big, swinging band. In many ways it was the most exciting yet. Nothing but the best was good enough for Terry on an occasion like this, and the best meant New York's finest arranging talent as well as a troupe of sidemen capable of doing the utmost justice to the excellent scores, filled with overtones of Basie and Herman. On the second half of this CD we Terry is in a more familiar context, leading a fine quartet on a tasteful session far more substantial than a simple "blowing date." There is, first, the superb material- Ellington's timeless creations-and, secondly, the surprise of Jolly's fluent accordion, sensitive accompaniment and flowing modern jazz conception. Thirdly, there is the rock-steady, funky rhythm team of Vinnegar and Frommer. Finally, there is Gibbs' volatile, unceasingly driving vibes, xylophone and marimba.
Swingin' with Terry Gibbs is his first recording with a big band and it's a star-studded affair. Among the musicians joining the vibraphonist are trumpeters Ernie Royal and Don Elliott (the latter also doubles on mellophone), trombonist Urbie Green, and valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, as well as saxophonists Hal McKusick and Al Cohn, among many others. With compositions and/or arrangements contributed by Cohn, Brookmeyer, Manny Albam, Ernie Wilkins, Al Epstein (who plays baritone sax), and the leader himself, everything falls into place as if this were a working band. It is hard to narrow the 11 tracks to just a few highlights, but Brookmeyer's hot "Just Plain Meyer" (featuring memorable solos by both Cohn and the leader) and Cohn's gorgeous chart of Duke Ellington's overlooked ballad "I Didn't Know About You," showcasing Gibbs' swinging vibes, especially stand out. [Fresh Sounds' 2007 edition was expanded to include 13 additional tracks.]
---Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
Terry Gibbs
Active Decades: '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Oct 13, 1924 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Bop, Adult Contemporary, Swing, Latin Jazz, West Coast Jazz
One of the most hyper of all jazzmen (even his ballads are taken mostly double time), Terry Gibbs is a consistently exciting and competitive vibraphonist. As a xylophonist, he won an amateur contest when he was 12. After spending three years in the military during World War II, Gibbs played on 52nd Street, gigged with Tommy Dorsey (1946 and 1948), Chubby Jackson (touring Scandinavia during 1947-1948), Buddy Rich (1948), Woody Herman's Second Herd (1948-1949), and Benny Goodman (1950-1952). Gibbs settled in Los Angeles in 1957, worked in the studios, led jazz orchestras (his late-'50s version was called the Terry Gibbs Dream Band), was the musical director of The Steve Allen Show during the 1960s, and in the 1980s and '90s he teamed up in a quintet with Buddy DeFranco. Gibbs -- who recorded as a leader for Prestige, Savoy, Brunswick, EmArcy, Mercury, Verve, Time, Impulse, Dot, Xanadu, Jazz a La Carte, and Contemporary (among others) -- had such fine pianists as his sidemen through the years as Terry Pollard, Pete Jolly (on accordion in 1957), Alice McLeod (in 1963 before she became Alice Coltrane), and John Campbell.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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