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The Biggest Little Band in the Land
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The Biggest Little Band in the Land
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This CD contains music recorded for the Lang-Worth Transcriptions by the
John Kirby
Sextet plus singer
Maxine Sullivan
. Actually
Sullivan
is only on five of the 18 songs, singing in her typically light and straightforward manner. The other selections feature the unique sextet (trumpeter
Charlie Shavers
, clarinetist
Buster Bailey
, altoist
Russell Procope
, pianist
Billy Kyle
, bassist
and drummer
O'Neil Spencer
) performing a program heavy on adaptations of classical themes and novel melodies.
Shavers
in particular comes across well and the set should please
Kirby
's fans. ~ Scott Yanow
John Kirby
Sextet plus singer
Maxine Sullivan
. Actually
Sullivan
is only on five of the 18 songs, singing in her typically light and straightforward manner. The other selections feature the unique sextet (trumpeter
Charlie Shavers
, clarinetist
Buster Bailey
, altoist
Russell Procope
, pianist
Billy Kyle
, bassist
and drummer
O'Neil Spencer
) performing a program heavy on adaptations of classical themes and novel melodies.
Shavers
in particular comes across well and the set should please
Kirby
's fans. ~ Scott Yanow