Brazen Brass Features Saxes - Henry Jerome

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Brazen Brass Features Saxes
Henry Jerome and His Orchestra
Arrangements by Dick Jacobs
Decca DL 74127
1961

Personnel:

Trumpet
Bernard Glow
James Maxwell
Carl Jones

Trombone
Robert Alexander
Chauncey Welsch
Joseph Maranzino
Thomas Mitchell

Sax
Romeo Penque
Sol Schlinger
Henry "Hank" Freeman
Sidney Cooper
Abraham "Boonie" Richman
Philip Bodner
Jerome Richardson
Stanely Webb
George Berg
Joseph Grimaldi
Al Klink
Jerry Grosser

Drums
Edwin "Bunny" Shawker

Bass
Sandford Block
Milton Hinton

Piano
Andrew Ackers

Guitar
Arthur Ryerson

From the back cover: Brazen Brass Features Saxes, the fifth album in the extraordinary popular series, offers today's sound-conscious public still another first. In this exciting collection Henry Jerome's Brazen Brass orchestra adds two complete saxophone sections to the characteristically captivating sound – complemented and punctuated throughout the album by the now-famous Brazen Brass trumpets and trombones.

From Billboard - July 31, 1961: The sax section for the first time in the "brazen brass" series, gets the spotlight treatment here, and the big crew undertakes fancy stereo interpretations of a number of swing era war horses, like "Don't Be That Way," (Goodman); "Sunrise Serenade," (Miller), etc. The date was set up with five-man sax sections on both right and left. These chatter back and forth in an interesting question and answer technique, with brass and rhythm in the center. Stereo fans will dig this new approach, and the set can be expected to do solid business.

Star Dust
St. Louis Blues
Melody Of Love
Don't Be That Way
Medley: In Apple Blossom Time, Stars Fell On Alabama
Tiger Rag
Sunrise Serenade
Green Eyes
Medley: Body and Soul, Sophisticated Lady
Undecided
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
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