Artist: Elliot Lawrence Band Label: Fantasy Orig. Released: 1955 Catalog No.: LPFANT3206 Condition: Sealed-Reissue Format: LP Retail Price: $ 10.49 (2 available) Quantity: add to cart

Description "Elliot Lawrence's band came out of Philadelphia and radio station WCAU to become a nationally known organization in the late Forties and Fifties. One of the band's sometime tenor saxophonists eventually became a major contributor to the band's book. His talent as an instrumentalist emerged on the baritone saxophone and his writing skills were in evidence in several big bands. Gerry Mulligan had already done "Disc Jockey Jump" for Gene Krupa when Lawrence recorded his "Elevation" and arrangement of "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" in 1949. Later Mulligan did some important charts for Stan Kenton, and finally, for his own Concert Jazz Band. These 1955 dates yielded 12 Mulligan arrangements, including seven originals and "Mr. President," a scoring of Lester Young's solo from his 1939 recording with Count Basie. The Lawrence band interprets the Mulligan scores with style and bite, giving ample solo space to Al Cohn's tenor saxophone, Eddie Bert's trombone, Hal McKusick's alto sax, and the trumpets of Nick Travis and Dick Sherman." OJC-117 sticker

Track Titles 1. The Rocker 2. Bye Bye Blackbird 3. Happy Hooligan 4. Mullenium 5. My Silent Love 6. Bweebida Bwobbida 1. Strike Up The Band 2. Apple Core 3. Elegy For Two Clarinets 4. The Swinging Door 5. But Not For Me 6. Mr. President

Musicians BERNIE GLOW, AL DERISI, NICK TRAVIS, EDDIE BERT, OLLIE WILSON, PAUL SELDON, TONY MIRANDA, AL COHN, HAL MCKUSICK, CHARLIE O'KANE, RUSS SAUNDERS, DON LAMOND, AND OTHERS.

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