The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs

The Wizard of Oz and Other Harold Arlen Songs Artist: Shorty Rogers
Label: Drg
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 021471848229
EAN: 0021471848229
ASIN: B0006MT4MC


Release Date: 2005-01-25

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Listmania:

  1. Celebrating the Harold Arlen Centenary (Feb. 15, 2005)
  2. Harold Arlen Songs and Tributes

Tracks:

  1. We're Off To See The Wizard
  2. Over The Rainbow
  3. The Jitterbug
  4. The Merry Old Land Of Oz
  5. If I Only Had A Brain
  6. Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead
  7. My Shining Hour
  8. Get Happy
  9. Blues In The Night
  10. Let's Fall In Love
  11. That Old Black Magic

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Swingin' down the yellow-brick road.......2006-08-21

This is a tribute album to Harold Arlen, with about half the tunes coming from THE WIZARD OF OZ, and all of it spotlighting Shorty's arranging skills. Shorty is an excellent arranger, very sophisticated and very ambitious. Solo space is limited in this big band outing, but Jimmy Giuffre, Herb Geller, Pete Jolly, Barney Kessel, Bill Holman, and Larry Bunker all contribute excellent solos throughout the proceedings. On the up-tempo wailer GET HAPPY about 8 different soloists jump in for 8 bars each: tag team jazz at its finest. THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC starts off in an Afro-Cuban bag and then goes straight 4/4 for the mellow solo spots. The entire brass section is tightly muted for the theme statement on LET'S FALL IN LOVE, and then the mutes come out and the contrast is really nice. DING DONG! THE WITCH IS DEAD swings like crazy with the rhythm section really pushing hard. Shorty's arrangement of IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN is particularly attractive, as is Jimmy Giuffre's clarinet theme statement on the slow BLUES IN THE NIGHT. All in all, this is a most handsome big band recording of Arlen tunes, swinging and engaging from beginning to end.

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