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Reception

AllMusic review awarded the album 4.5 stars stated:”The Lester Young-influenced tenors of Bill Perkins (who later developed a more Coltrane-oriented style) and Richie Kamuca are matched on this 1956 set. The music comprises hard-swinging but light-toned run-throughs on standards with the two complementary tenors both in excellent form. The material is taken from two former LPs and feature a pair of all-star rhythm sections (pianist Pete Jolly, bassist Red Mitchell, drummer Stan Levey, or pianist Hampton Hawes, Mitchell, and drummer Mel Lewis). Lovers of bebop and solidly swinging music will find much to enjoy on the set including some rare (if conventional) bass clarinet and flute from Perkins on a colorful version of “Sweet and Lovely.””

Track listing

00:00 [01] Cotton Tail
04:36 [02] I Want a Little Girl
10:34 [03] Blues for Two
15:04 [04] Indian Summer
19:45 [05] Don’t Be That Way
24:51 [06] Oh! Look at Me Now
30:29 [07] Spain
35:32 [08] Pick a Dilly
39:58 [09] Solid De Sylva
44:30 [10] Just Friends
49:40 [11] All of Me
54:13 [12] Limehouse Blues
57:32 [13] Sweet and Lovely

Personnel

Bass – Red Mitchell
Drums – Stan Levey
Piano – Pete Jolly
Tenor Saxophone – Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca

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Label: Liberty – LRP 3051
Series: Lighthouse Series (2) – Volume Two
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1957