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...Count's outfit was nicknamed the Atomic Band, and the seismic swing on this set -- recorded on dates in Manhattan, Miami and Stockholm -- ought to come with a Geiger counter. Vintage arrangements by the likes of Neal Hefti and Frank Foster, players such as Thad Jones and Benny Powell, and the Count guiding the band from the piano with nimble majesty...
...Count's outfit was nicknamed the Atomic Band, and the seismic swing on this set -- recorded on dates in Manhattan, Miami and Stockholm -- ought to come with a Geiger counter. Vintage arrangements by the likes of Neal Hefti and Frank Foster, players such as Thad Jones and Benny Powell, and the Count guiding the band from the piano with nimble majesty...
...favor by giving them a remarkable measure of freedom. The group's spontaneity-perhaps the strongest remaining link to Herman's jazz past-attests to that. So does the individual success of such former Herman sidemen as Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Shorty Rogers, Pete Candoli and Neal Hefti. Says Drummer Jake Hanna. an ex-Herd man: "Woody goes along with the wav the band feels, instead of sticking strictly to the book. If a man's really blowin'. Woody doesn't stop him after eight bars because the arrangement says...
...Back on TV for his first musical special in eight years, Astaire and Co-Star Barrie Chase sing and dance to today's sounds, provided by Simon and Garfunkel, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66, the Gordian Knot, the Young-Holt Trio and Neal Hefti and his orchestra...
...must have melted the band's hearts (and lips) as well as mine, for when they came back on they were relaxed and swinging: happily mixing up some Basie and Hefti with Jones and Pomeroy, and making even the Jones much more interesting. The solos were also excellent all of a sudden, especially on Jessica's Day (which to my mind is Quince-essential Jones). In its last five numbers, the Berger band showed itself almost the equal of its splendid vocalist, and left me hoping for more of the same...
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