🎷 AotW: Jazz Urbie Green - LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE

[Captain Bacardi]

Urbie Green
LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE
RCA Records LPM-1667

Released 1958

Songs:

1. Let's Face The Music And Dance (Irving Berlin) - 3:39
2. It Must Be True (Arnhelm/Clifford/Barris) - 3:12
3. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home (Warfield/Williams) - 2:30
4. You're My Everything (Dixon/Young/Warren) - 3:05
5. I Won't Dance (Hammerstein/Harbach/Kern) - 3:27
6. Dinner For One, Please, James (Michael Carr) - 3:13
7. When You're Smiling (Fisher/Goodwin/Shay) - 2:27
8. Please (Leo Robin/Ralph Rainger) - 3:04
9. The Moon Is Low (Arthur Freed/Nacio Herb Brown) - 3:15
10. Love Walked In (Ira & George Gershwin) - 3:32
11. That Old Gang Of Mine (Rose/Dixon/Henderson) - 2:27
12. Show Me The Way To Go Home (Irving King) - 2:04

Arrangements by Al Cohn & Irwin Kostal
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Musicians:
Urbie Green - Trombone
Al Derisi, Bernie Glow, Nick Travis, Doc Severinsen, Joe Ferrante, John Frosk - Trumpets
Billy Byers, Jack Satterfield - Trombones
Tom Mitchell - Bass Trombone
Gene Quill, Hal McKusick - Alto Sax
Boomie Richman - Tenor Sax
Al Cohn - Baritone Sax
Hank Jones - Piano
Milt Hinton, Russ Saunders (4, 6, 7, 12) - Bass
George Wettling, Osie Johnson (4, 6, 7, 12) - Drums

Available as a download at Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Face-The...binding_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1378445082&sr=1-1



Capt. Bacardi

 

[Captain Bacardi]

Urbie Green is without a doubt one of the smoothest trombone players I have ever heard. This album is more of a dance band gig with Urbie providing solos that are both lush and exciting. This band swings with the best of them, and yet can set the most romantic of moods. Many of these tunes have become forgotten gems for most people, such as "Dinner For One, Please, James", "When You're Smiling" and "That Old Gang Of Mine". I've played several of these tunes in past dance bands myself, although those particular arrangements were a tad weak compared to the ones on this album. I must admit that I actually got my fiancee to slow dance with me on this album after a few glasses of wine (not a pretty sight, incidentally...). It's easy to see why people like Jobim used Urbie on his albums. He provides magical moments with seemingly little effort. A worthwhile album to get if you like the old dance bands.



Capt. Bacardi