Cleopatra And All That Jazz - Al Caiola

 

Cleo Baby

Cleopatra And All That Jazz

Al Caiola and His Nile River Boys

Produced by Leroy Holmes

Pillows and Nightgown Courtesy of Stern's Dept. Store

Cleopatra's Wig made especially for United Artists by Lucien

United Artists Records UAS 6299

1963

From the back cover: "Cleopatra", the much-discussed film-bio of the exotic Queen Of The Nile, provides the inspiration for this set of swinging sides from Al Caiola and the Nile River Boys.

And, just as that famous femme swung with some pretty cool sidemen in her day, Al Caiola has surrounded himself with a pretty strong group of his own. The roster of artists performing with Al on this album reads like a Who's Who of the jazz world, with such giants as Dick Hyman (piano and harpsichord), Osie Johnson (drums), Clark Terry (trumpet and fuegelhorn), Tony Studd (bass), Phil Bodner (flute, alto sax and baritone sax) and Benny Gailbrath (rhythm guitar).

Al Caiola's arrangements – ranging from the humorous to the wistful – are consistently brilliant and run the gamut of popular jazz forms, from swing to bossa nova. He has also included an original – "Cleo Baby" – which is heard here for the first time on records.

Why not climb aboard Cleo's barge now and join Al Caiola and the Boys for a swinging cruise down the Nile.

Antony And Cleopatra Theme

Temptation 

Love For Sale

Mad About The Boy

Body And Soul

Cleo Baby

Caesar And Cleopatra Theme

Lover Man

I Can't Give You Anything But Love Baby

Under A Blanket Of Blue

All Of Me

Be Mine Tonight