Artist: Chamber Jazz Sextet

Title: Plays Pal Joey

Condition:

Format: CD

Release Date: 2006

Label: Candid Records

UPC: 708857903023

Genre: Jazz

Album Tracks

1. Zip
2. I Could Write a Book
3. There's a Small Hotel
4. My Funny Valentine
5. The Lady Is a Tramp
6. Bewitched
7. Terrific Rainbow
8. I Didn't Know What Time It Was

Allyn Ferguson's Chamber Jazz Sextet obviously catered for the listener who appreciated a deft blending of writing and improvising skills. Ferguson scored six of the pieces, calling in Bill Holman to arrange 'Lady is a Tramp' and 'I Could Write a Book.' This is an album of efficient, well played, clean West Coast jazz by a group of musicians who certainly deserved wider recognition than they received. Trumpeter Dent Hand, altoist Frank Leal and saxophonist Modesto Briseno are in top form on this album, which commemorated the release of the film version of Richard Rodgers "Pal Joey," a musical adaptation of short stories by John O'Hara which appeared first as a stage production.