Vol. 12-Saxophobia (1996) (Baxter/Butera/Auld/Hamner )

Product Summary Label: Emd/capitol UPC: 00724383759828 Release Date: 7/23/1996 Buy.com Sku: 60135549 Item#: MT6J54 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. I Dig - Les Baxter ~ Various Artists 2. Street Scene - Sam Butera ~ Various Artists 3. All Or Nothing At All - Georgie Auld ~ Various Artists 4. Bernie's Tune - Curley Hamner/Milt Buckner ~ Various Artists 5. Watermelon Man - King Curtis ~ Various Artists 6. Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu) - Nelson Riddle ~ Various Artists 7. Tanya - Plas Johnson ~ Various Artists 8. Samba De Orfeu - Bill Perkins ~ Various Artists 9. Peter Gunn Twist / Tequila With A Twist - Ray Anthony & His Bookends ~ Various Artists 10. Goldfinger - Count Basie & His Orchestra ~ Various Artists 11. Caravan - Gordon Jenkins ~ Various Artists 12. Speakeasy Blues - Nelson Riddle ~ Various Artists 13. One Mint Julep - Earl Palmer/King Curtis ~ Various Artists 14. Ebb Tide - The Out-Islanders ~ Various Artists 15. Big Twist, The - Plas Johnson ~ Various Artists 16. Harlem Nocturne - Louis Prima/Sam Butera ~ Various Artists 17. Misfits, The - Don Costa ~ Various Artists 18. Bongo Bash / Sax Con Ritmo - Pepe Dominguin/Jack Costanzo ~ Various Artists 19. (untitled) - (hidden track) ~ Various Artists (C) Capitol   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Recorded between May 15, 1957 and 1966. Includes liner notes by RJ Smith. Digitally remastered by Bob Norberg at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, California. This is part of Capitol Records' Ultra-Lounge series. The lounge sounds of the '50s and '60s on this compilation are very much of a piece with the other volumes of the Ultra-Lounge series. But as you'd expect from the title, the emphasis is on vintage lounge at its jazziest, with the saxophone to the fore. This isn't the kind of jazz you're going to read about in Down Beat, despite the presence of some bona fide jazzers, like Count Basie (doing the "Goldfinger" theme) and Bill Perkins; the influence of soundtrack music, pre-'50s pop standards, Latin rhythms, and bongo percussion is too strong. When you want some light lounge-jazz hybrids to unwind to after your jazz scholar friends have gone home, though, this isn't bad. Les Baxter, Nelson Riddle, and Gordon Jenkins make their expected appearances on this compilation; more surprising is the inclusion of top R&B saxophonist King Curtis, who does a pop-friendly version of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man," and teams up with ace rock session drummer Earl Palmer on "One Mint Julep." Also worth noting are Vegas-jump blues kings Louis Prima and Sam Butera, who do a smoky version of "Harlem Nocturne." ~ Richie Unterberger Producer: Brad Benedict (Compilation)   Technical Info Release Date : 07/23/1996 Original Release Date : 1996 Catalog ID : 37598 Label : Capitol/EMI Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mixed SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00724383759828    Product Image