Terry Gibbs

Big-band jazz gains a dimension when it is energized by a brilliant central virtuoso like Terry Gibbs, and he self-evidently sparked these live sessions, wailing in front of a fine band with the kind of men and arrangements that suited him perfectly. What registers so vividly is that, although this splendid band had only worked together sporadically, it had a pervasive group feeling and a cohesion and excitement that were communicated with vitality and fervor by the superb ensemble playing and consistently high quality blowing by Bill Perkins, Joe Maini, Conte Candoli, Richie Kamuca, Frank Rosolino, and Pat Moran.

PERSONNEL IN ALL TRACKS:

AL PORCINO, CONTE CANDOLI, RAY TRISCARI, STU WILIAMSON, FRANK HUGGINS (trumpets)
NK ROSOLINO, VERN FRILEY, BOB EDMONDSON  (trombones)
JOE MAINI, CHARLIE KENNEDY (alto saxes)
BILL PERKINS, RICHIE KAMUCA (tenor saxes)
TER GIBBS (vibes)
PAT MORAN  (piano)
BUDDY CLARK (bass)
MEL LEWIS  (drums).
Arrangements by Bill Holman, Shorty Rogers, Al Cohn & Manny Albam

All sessions recorded live at The Summit, Hollywood, January & April 1961

(1-10) from the album: The Exciting Terry Gibbs Big Band!!!!! (Verve V6-2151)
(11-21) from the album: Explosion  (Mercury SR60704)

TRACKS:

01. Day In, Day Out (Bloom-Mercer) 3:04 Arr. Bill Holman.
Solos: Terry Gibbs, Conte Candoli, Bill Perkins
02. Summit Blues (Gibbs-Rogers) 3:42 Arr. Shorty Rogers.
Solo: Terry Gibbs
03. Limerick Waltz (Holman) 2:43 Arr. Bill Holman.
Solos: Terry Gibbs, Frank Rosolino, Joe Maini
04. You Don’t Know What Love Is (Raye-DePaul) 5:17 Arr. Al Cohn.
Solo: Gibbs
05. Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie-Pinkard) 2:49 Arr. Manny Albam.
Solo: Gibbs
06. Nose Cone (Cohn) 2:49 Arr. Al Cohn
Solos: Gibbs, Maini
07. Too Close for Comfort (Bock-Holofcener) 3:59 Arr. Bill Holman
Solos: Richie Kamuca, Gibbs, Buddy Clark
08. Main Stem (Duke Ellington) 4:31 Arr. Manny Albam
Solos: Pat Moran, Gibbs, Perkins, Candoli
09. Ja-Da (Carleton) 4:33 Arr. Bill Holman.
Solos: Gibbs, Candoli
10. T and D (Gibbs-Rogers) 5:39 Arr. Shorty Rogers.
Solo: Gibbs
11. Tico Tico (Abreu) 3:02 Arr. Bill Holman
Solos: Gibbs, Candoli, Rosolino
12. Big Bad Bob (Terry Gibbs) 3:41 Arr. Manny Albam
Solos: Candoli, Gibbs, Maini
13. The Big Cat (Cohn) 4:26 Arr. Al Cohn
Solos: Gibbs, Maini, Candoli
14. Soft Eyes (Holman) 5:12 Arr. Bill Holman
Solos: Candoli, Perkins, Gibbs
15. Billie’s Bounce (Charlie Parker) 3:51 Arr. Bill Holman.
Solos: Moran, Kennedy, Candoli, Perkins, Gibbs, Clark
16. Pretty Blue Eyes (Terry Gibbs) 2:48 Arr. Bill Holman.
Solos: Gibbs, Rosolino
17. I’ll Take Romance (Oakland-Hammerstein) 3:34 Arr. Bill Holman
Solos: Gibbs, Candoli, Kamuca
18. Do You Wanna Jump, Children? (Donahue-Van Heusen-Bryant-Selsman) 2:53 Arr. Al Cohn
Solos: Gibbs, Maini
19. Nature Boy (Eden Abez) 4:16 Arr. Manny Albam.
Solo: Gibbs
20. Jump the Blues Away (Ed Lewis) 3:36 Arr. Al Cohn.
Solos: Gibbs, Kamuca
21. Sleep (Earl Lebig) 2:52 Arr. Manny Albam
Solos: Moran, Gibbs, Candoli