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We Give Components With this disc the World's Greatest Jazz Band begins to live up to the pretensions WRITE FOR QUOTATION of its title. Its two previous releases (on Project 3) were made up of clean, pol- ished, highly professional performances, FACTORY SEALED CARTONS but they smelled of the studio -stiff and prim. scarcely what one would expect of FRANCHISED DISTRIBUTOR such an experienced line -up of musicians. For this collection. the studio was ahan- doned and the band was recorded in the QUICK SHIPMENT familiar surroundings of the Roosevelt Grill in New York where it spent most of the winter of 1969 -70. In programming, none of the hand's spotlight solo specialties (soloist with WE GIVE rhythm section) has been used. The solos show up where they properly he- long in a jazz band, emerging from a full ensemble performance (for example, Yank Lawson's brilliant old Bob Cros- DISCOUNTS by tune Five Point Blues). And (another happy omission) there arc none of the halfhearted attempts to do something ON HI -FI with current pop hits that had weakened the earlier discs. There is new material, all contributed by members of the hand COMPONENTS -Bud Freeman's delightfully jaunty riff, That D Minor Thing, a dreamy. soft - lights melody by drummer Gus Johnson, and a piece by Vic Dickenson that quite logically is ideal fodder for his roguish trombone. Otherwise there are tunes from SOUND REPRODUCTION INC. the rich repertory of unhackneyed stand- ards -Black and Blue: Conte Back, Sweet 460 CENTRAL EVENUE Pupa: My Honeys Lorin' Arms. Even the apparently obligatory chestnuts such East Orange, New Jersey 07018 as That's a Plenty and Royal Garden Blues come out with verve and enthu- (201) 673 -0600 siasm. CIRCLE 61 ON READER -SERVICE CARD The band, man for man, is up on its toes -superb performances by Lawson, Freeman, Dickenson, Billy Butterfield, Ralph Sutton. and Bob Wilber (who in- stead of shining in almost solitary glory Why? LOW PRICE as he has sometimes done in the past, takes his proper place alongside a solid DO THOUSANDS OF STEREO line of great performances). A key factor PLUS SERVWE in this recording is the superb sound bal- ENTHUSIASTS BUY FROM ance that Atlantic has produced -better E1JALS VALUE sound than 1 have ever heard in any con- AUDIO UNLIMITED cert hall or club where this hand has Tone may stereo system or compo- played. J.S.W. nent a the lowest possible price, add It's Obvious! it to our special fast delivery service and you've got true value. ERNIE AND EMILIO CACERES. Ernie LOWEST PRICES Caceres, clarinet and baritone saxo- phone; Emilio Caceres, violin; Cliff Gil- FAST SERVICE lette, piano; Curly Williams, guitar; George Pryor, bass; Joe Cortez, Jr., FACTORY SEALED UNITS drums. (Jigin G; Sweet Lorraine; Estrel- FULLY INSURED SHIPMENTS lita; seven more.) Audiophile 101, $5.95 (Audiophile Records, P.O. Box 66, San PACKAGE DEALS -SAVE MORE Antonio, Tex. 78206). FRANCHISED DISTRIBUTORS You Get Fisher 250TX In the late '30s and '40s. Ernie Caceres 2AR-2AX Speakers Write for FREE Listing today was one of the standout sidemen in the Garrard 51.958 Base big swing bands, playing his baritone & Dust Cover saxophone and doubling on r I Shure M91 E clarinet for SEND US YOUR LIST three years with Glenn Miller. and later TLtal Price with Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, FOR OUR AIR MAIL Fcr Above System and Woody Herman. In 1957 he was a QUOTE TODAY spark plug in a marvelous hand that Write For Your Special Price Quote Today On This System Or Any System Or Component Bobby Hackett led for a few brief months Visit Our Store Warehouse at the Henry Hudson Hotel in New York. Closed Mondays In 1962 he went home to San Antonio Designers Audio to join his older brother. Emilio. a vio- ©AUDIO unlimited, inc. 129 DEGRAW STREET linist who had come to New York with BROOKLYN 11231, N.Y. F Third Ave. Nr. 28 N.Y.. N.Y. 10016 Ernie in the mid- Thirties but had re- 396 (212) UL 8 -7666 turned to San Antonio after some radio Opa Sat. for your personal shopping 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. CIRCLE 8 ON READER- SERVICE CARD _IRCLE 18 ON READER -SERVICE CARD .
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