Vic Lewis

This album was recorded half away in California, using a selection of top American jazz musicians, and the other half at home in London featuring some of the finest jazzmen in England. Most of the musicians in both the American and the English sessions have played under Vic’s baton before. The American musicians played with Vic when the guest conducted the Stan Kenton Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in 1950, and several of the British musicians have played with the Lewis band at one time or another.

PERSONNEL:

• ON SIDE A
• Vic Lewis - director
• Tubby Hayes - tenor saxophone and flute
• Kenny Clare - drums
• Ronnie Scott - tenor saxophone
• Jimmy Deuchar - trumpet and mellophonium
• Shake Keane - trumpet and flugelhorn
• Terry Shannon - piano
• Ray Dempsay - guitar
• Freddy Logan - bass

• ON SIDE B
• Vic Lewis - director
• Bud Shank - flute and tenor saxophone
• Victor Feldman - piano and vibraphone
• Jack Sheldon - trumpet
• Shorty Rogers - flugelhorn
• Bob Cooper - tenor saxophone
• Al Hendrickson - guitar
• Don Bagley - bass
• Shelly Manne - drums

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Vic's Tune
• A2. Ricardo
• A3. Danielle
• A4. Last Minute Bossa Nova

• SIDE B
• B1. Bossa Nova Scotia
• B2. Rio
• B3. Two Note Samba
• B4. Bossa Nova Blues