 Исполнитель: Gus Bivona Название альбома: Music For Swingers Год выпуска: 1957, Mercury Формат файлов: Mp3, 320 Размер архива: 66 Mb Скачать с: turbobit
Arcuiso "Gus" Bivona was never a household-name clarinetist like Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw or Buddy DeFranco, but during the big band era and throughout the 1950s and '60s, he was one of the finest and most relaxed swing clarinetists in the business. He also was a rock-solid saxophonist. Bivona came up in the late 1930s as a sideman in Will Hudson's band before working with Bunny Berigan in 1938 and '39. Between 1940 and '42, he was a member of the Benny Goodman Orchestra and then joined Jan Savitt's band briefly. During World War II, Bivona was in the Naval Air Force Band.
After the war, Bivona settled in Hollywood and worked with Tommy Dorsey, Les Brown and Bob Crosby before re-joining Goodman. Next came Woody Herman in 1947 and then the West Coast studios, where he recorded steadily on MGM movie soundtracks and on albums for June Christy, Buddy DeFranco, Ray Anthony, Jack Teagarden and many others.
By the mid-1950s, Bivona landed on TV's Steve Allen Show as part of the band and as Allen's sidekick. He had met Allen when Allen moved in across the street from his family in Van Nuys in 1949. Bivona's first leadership album was Hey! Dig That Crazy Band for Mercury in 1956, just as pop records went from 10 inches to 12 inches. His second one in 1957 for Mercury was Music for Swingers: Gus Bivona Plays the Music of Steve Allen, a superb recording. Bivona not only assembled a stellar big band of Hollywood's top musicians but also brought in two crack arrangers.
As the album's title implies, all of the songs were composed by Allen. What's more, Bivona contracted superb arrangements from Henry Mancini and Skip Martin.
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Side 1
A1. This Could Be The Start Of Something 2:13
A2. Selfish Love 2:59
A3. I Never Should Have Told You 2:51
A4. Playing The Field
A5. Conversation (On The Telephone) 2:43
A6. Lazy Rhapsody 2:14
Side 2
B1. Even Steven 2:30
B2. Marvelous 2:21
B3. Baby But You Did 2:25
B4. Tonight 2:38
B5. You're The One For Me 2:04
B6. Mr. Moon 1:55
Conrad Gozzo, Pete Candoli, Mannie Klein and John Best (tp); Si Zentner, Joe Howard, Nick Di Maio and George Roberts (tb); Gus Bivona (cl,as, conductor);, Les Robinson and Mahlon Clark (as); Georgie Auld and Don Lodice (ts); Pete Terry (bar); Jimmy Rowles (p); Vince Terry (g); Joe Mondragon and Mike Rubin (b); Alvin Stoller (d)
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