Pete Rugolo

This wonderful 2-CD set contains in chronological order all the recordings Rugolo did fronting his studio orchestra in 1956. All the material featured here comes from sessions recorded for the Mercury label and which appeared on the following albums: "An Adventure in Sound-Brass", "An Adventure In Sound-Reeds", "Music From Out of Space" and "Rhythm Meets Pete Rugolo".

Pete Rugolo was not so much a tunesmith as he was a sound-smith, an inventor of new moods, of striking new colors, arresting combinations. His imagination roves to the horizons of possibilities in extracting fresh voicings from standard and familiar instruments.

TRACK LISTING:
CD 1: 1. Later Team, 2. Dream Of You, 3. Once In A While, 4. Fancy Meeting You, 5. Don't Play The Melody, 6. For Hi-Fi Bugs, 7. The Boy Next Door, 8. These Foolish Things, 9. Can't We Talk It Over?, 10. Oscar And Pete's Blues, 11. Snowfall, 12. Early Duke, 13. In A Modal Tone, 14. Sunday, Monday or Always, 15. Ballade For Drums, 16. Cha-Lito Linda, 17. Nancy, 18. Repetitious Riff, 19. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.
CD 2: 1. Impressionism, 2. Spring Is Here, 3. If You Could See Me Now, 4. Collaboration, 5. Theme For Alto, 6. Interlude, 7. Godchild, 8. My Mother's Eyes, 9. Brass At Work, 10. All The Things You Are, 11. Walkin' Shoes, 12. Igor Beaver, 13. Yardbird Suite, 14. Our Waltz, 15. Polytonal Blues, 16. Temptation, 17. Song For Tuba, 18. Everything Happens To Me, 19. A Rose For David, 20. Salute.

Recorded in Hollywood, July 9-11, Oct 29-31 and Nov 1 & 2, 1956.