At The Cinema - Buddy Collette

 

The Shrike

At The Cinema

Buddy Collette and His Swinging Shepherds

Orchestra Conducted and Directed by Pete Rugolo

Mercury Records MG 20447

1959

From the back cover: In this set of songs and themes from 11 Hollywood Flickers, Collette's "Swinging Shepherds" (Bud Shank, Paul Horn and Harry Klee) combine with the leader to produce by pen assorted flutes one of the freshest albums of movie tunes to come along in a month of cliche-ridden Sundays.

Until the release of Buddy Collette's Swinging Shepherds (Mercury MG 36133), the flute in jazz had generally been unitized in solo context. Then came the Shepherds with their unique arrangements for a quartet of flutes, blowing free and off-the-chart modern jazz as the mood dictated.

In this album, where the instrumentation is of such complexity and variability, it would appear worthwhile to list the different voicings and order the solos. Bassist Red Mitchell is present on all the tracks; piano and drums chores were split between Bill Miller and John T. Williams (on piano) and between Shelly Manne and Earl Palmer (on drums). Jim Hall is on guitar.

Colonel Boget & River Kwai March

Laura

Smile

The Bad And The Beautiful (Love Is For The Very Young)

The Shrike

I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me

The Trolley Song

Intermezzo

Ruby

Invitation

Swinging On A Star