Igor Beaver
An Adventure In Sound
Pete Rugolo And His Orchestra
1956
From the back cover: "The idea of this album," says Pete Rugolo, "was to present a set of performances that could really live up to the title. We weren't aiming at a jazz album as such. We had ten musicians playing reed instruments, backed by a rhythm section, and we sued the ten men in just about every possible combination to make a broad variety of tone colors, so that it would be interesting to people who are concerned with the hi-fi range of frequencies as well as to others who just want to hear some interesting and colorful music.
On Igor Beaver, says Pete, "we used all the so-called Stravinsky cliches, the Firebird effects, etc.; flute and tenor sax in three keys, with the rhythm section adding punctuations."
Igor Beaver
If You Could See Me Now
Yardbird Suite
Impressionism
Walking Shoes
Theme For Alto
Our Waltz
Spring Is Here
Polytonal Blues
Collaboration
Interlude
I loved this album when I was a kid. Now 40 some years later, I'd love to have a really good clean digital copy.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed listening to this and will have to check out more of the album. Thanks
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