Zoot Sims, Phil Woods, Bill Crow, Willie Dennis, Mel Lewis - Jazz Mission To Moscow (1962) [Japanese Edition 2010]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 193 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 72 MB | Covers - 22 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: EMI Music Japan (TOCJ-50064)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 193 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 72 MB | Covers - 22 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: EMI Music Japan (TOCJ-50064)
In 1962 Benny Goodman had a historic visit to the Soviet Union, touring with a big band full of young all-stars. After the orchestra returned to the U.S., tenor saxophonist Al Cohn (who had not made the trip but did write some of Goodman's charts) put together an album (also released by Colpix) using many of the sidemen and paying tribute to the event. Strangely enough none of the six numbers are Cohn originals and he does not play on the record although he arranged all of the music. Of the six songs, "Mission to Moscow," "Let's Dance" and "Russian Lullaby" were part of Goodman's repertoire. Altoist Phil Woods effectively doubles on clarinet and other soloists include tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims, trumpeter Marky Markowitz and trombonist Willie Dennis. An interesting set of modern swing.