Carl Drewo

• 180 GRAM VINYL

One of the coolest projects ever to come from the Clarke Boland Big Band scene of the 60s – an album done under the leadership of Austrian tenor player Carl Drewo, but one that features all of his bandmates from the better-known big band! The set's wonderfully swinging throughout – done in a jazz waltz style with plenty of modal inflections – hardly the overdone Strauss modes you might expect from Drewo's roots, and more of the groovy 60s European rhythm modes that would show up often in sessions on Saba & MPS! Most tracks dance along beautifully – using instrumentation that includes Benny Bailey and Dusko Goykovich, Sal Nistico, Sahib Shihab, and Derek Humble – all supported by the CBBB rhythm team of Francy Boland, Jimmy Woode, and Kenny Clarke – plus the amazing Fats Sadi really grooving along nicely at the bottom. Drewo's the lead soloist in most numbers, but he allows plenty of space for his bandmates too – and the session's got a sound we'd rank right up there with some of the best Clarke Boland projects of the 60s.

PERSONNEL:

• Trumpets
• Benny Bailey, Jimmy Deuchar, Dusko Gojkovic, Shake Kean
• Trombone
• Ake Pearson, Nat Peck
• Saxes
• Derek Humble (as)
• Karl Drewo, Sal Nistico (ts)
• Sahib Shihab (bars,fl)
• Piano
• Francy Boland (p,arr)
• Bass
• Jimmy Woode
• Drums
• Kenny Clarke
• Percussion
• Fats Sadi

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Fruhlingsstimmen
• A2. My Favourite Things
• A3. Schon ist die Welt
• A4. Wives And Lovers
• A5. Rosenkavalier

• SIDE B
• B1. Claudia
• B2. By Strauss
• B3. Kaiserwalzer
• B4. Just Give Me Time
• B5. Keep On Keeping On