Alouette
David Carroll And His Orchestra
Mercury Records PPS 6008
1961
From Billboard - May 22, 1961: Here's a fine-sounding new entry in Mercury's Perfect Presence series, with maestro Carroll offering a flock of Parisian-oriented tunes in danceable, handsomely recorded fashion. Strings and various percussion are used with harpsichord and concertina much in the spotlight. Attractive book-fold set shows colorfully garbed can-can girls on the cover. Good sound all the way, and a highly displayable package.
About half of the tracks offer above average creative space-age arrangement twists. These tracks are blended with a number of more traditional, period, big band arrangements.
Percussion: Bobby Christian, Jerry Slosberg, Bob Westberg, Sam Denorv, Gordon Peters
Reeds: Howard Davis, Mike Simpson, John Cameron, Wally Pressing, Hoby Grimes, Bob Tootelian, Lee Knight
Trombone: Paul Crumbaugh
Trumpet: Rudy Stabber
Harpsichord and Piano: Bobby Acri
Accordion and Concertina: Vince Gerace
Guitar: Johnny Frigo
Strings: Dave Chausow, Theodore Silavin, Joseph Goodman, Jerry Sabransky, Albert Muenster, Sol Bobrov, Oscar Chausow, Irving Kaplan, Arthur Tabachnick, Fritz Siegal, Karl Fruh, Jr., OrlandoNardulli, Harold Kupper, Shirley Tabachnick
Recording Engineer: Bernie Clapper
Mastering: Doug Hawkins
Editing: Carole Schreier
Percussion Instruments: Frank's Drum Shop, Chicago
The Poor People Of Paris
Mimi
Alouette
My Uncle
Petite Fleur
Blue
The Petite
Twentieth Century Drawing
Dites-Mos
Can-Can
