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Pretty incredible work from Lennie Niehaus – one of his seminal albums for Contemporary – nearly all of which were as poorly titled as this one, but equally worth checking out! This side has Lennie grooving on alto – blowing in a tighter, harder style than most west coasters – more in the realm of Herb Geller or Art Pepper than some of his other contemporaries on the instrument – really shining in a larger group that includes Bill Holman, Jimmy Giuffre, Stu Williamson, and Pete Jolly. Arrangements are beautiful, and there’s a lot more soul on the set than you might first expect! (Dusty Groove).

Track listing:

A1 Blue Room 3:25
A2 You And The Night And The Music 2:28
A3 Bunko 3:23
A4 Love Is Here To Stay 3:04
A5 They Say It’s Wonderful 3:07
A6 Rick’s Tricks 4:02

Octets

• Audio CD – Audiobook
• Ojc (Publisher)

$13.44

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Personnel:

Alto Saxophone – Lennie Niehaus
Baritone Saxophone – Jimmy Giuffre
Bass – Monty Budwig
Design [Cover Design] – Catherine Heerman
Drums – Shelly Manne
Engineer – John Palladino
Piano – Pete Jolly
Recording Supervisor – Lester Koenig
Sleeve Notes – John S. Wilson
Tenor Saxophone – Bill Holman
Trumpet – Stu Williamson
Valve Trombone – Bob Enevoldsen

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Label: Contemporary Records – C-3503
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1955