The Golden Sound Of Joe Howard

 

The Golden Sounds Of Joe Howard

The Golden Sound Of Joe Howard
Arrangements by Jerry Fielding
King 661
1959

Clarinet - Dominic Fera
Alto - Hymie Gunkler
Alto & Tenor - Buddy Collette
Piano - Ernie Hughes
Bass - Red Callender
Tenor - Pete Terry
Bariton - Marty Berman
Oboe - Champ Webb
Drums - Tommy Romersa

On many selections Joe Howards plays two, three, four and even five parts through the process of multiple dubbing to give the full trombone section sound.

From the back cover: Some years ago, a cheerful young man came out of Batesville, Indiana, with a Sears-Roebuck trombone cradled lovingly under his arm and burning within him a consuming desire to make good in the select trombone set.During the following years JOE HOWARD not only made good, but steadily climbed in musical acceptance until he has reached the rare pinnacle of success reserved for only those who can be called "musical greats." Today the horn of JOE HOWARD is in constant demand for record dates and he is best known for his clean and beautiful "high register work."

Joe has worked with such top-ranked bands as Will Osborne, Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw, Ray Noble and Kay Kyser... and he even ventured successfully into concert work with Igor Stravinsky. In recent years he has confined his work to "studio" dates on the West coast.

The superb arrangements by JERRY FIELDING, one of the fore- most arrangers of our time, are handled by a novel grouping of six woodwinds and a three-man rhythm section, which has subjugated their dazzling individual musical styles to back the golden sounds of Howard's trombone.

TENDERLY - After it's publication, this number became an accepted "standard". Some years later Tenderly took the spotlight again as the theme song for the motion picture, "Torch Song," starring Miss Joan Crawford.

AIN'T GONNA STUDY WAR NO MORE - Long a favorite of choral groups, this number dates back to the Civil War. Though it is usually presented with rousing spirit, Jerry Fielding has ar- ranged it with a subtle treatment for Joe Howard's trombone, to make it sound as new as tomorrow.

I'LL BE AROUND - A song in the upper-middlebrow music technique. I'll Be Around has always been regarded as "something special" in popular music.

MY MAN'S GONE NOW - The American public has always been aware of the beauty in the individual songs of "Porgy and Bess." Here, My Man's Gone Now takes on a new feeling because of unusual arranging and superb rendition.

SPEAK LOW - This number was incorporated in the motion picture version of "One Touch of Venus," starring Miss Ava Gardner, although it made its bow in the stage production in 1943... sung by Mary Martin.

TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS - The origin of this song is to be found in Hungary, and was later introduced in this country with English lyrics by Mitchell Parrish. It rapidly became an inter- national favorite. Almost every well-known artit has sung or instrumentalized it.

LINDY LOU - The gifted composer, Lily Strickland, is known to contemporary audiences for her song cycles of music depicting various parts of the world in which she lived. As an example, her suite of Bayou Songs shows strongly the in luence of location.

I COVER THE WATERFRONT - One of the greatest popular standards, I Cover The Water- front was first written to exploit a new film starring Claudette Colbert and Ben Lyon. Although first dubious about its success as a torch song, Green and Heyman realized another great success