Terry Gibbs Dream Band – Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959
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Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959
Terry Gibbs Dream Band
After six volumes of Terry Gibbs’s 1959 Dream Band recordings were released by Contemporary in the 1980s and ’90s, the last thing Terry expected was to discover a 7th volume, but that’s indeed what happened last year when his son Gerry Gibbs, the drummer and bandleader, stumbled across a file marked “Party 1959” on the computer where Gerry had digitally stored all surviving tapes. “The ensemble was always the most important thing,” Terry says of the Dream Band. “It was never about solos, but that sound of everyone playing together, rising and falling as one. … I wanted to hear the band play the arrangement.” Arranged by Bill Holman & Marty Paich, & recorded by Wally Heider, Vol. 7 will be released to coincide with the leader’s 100th birthday on October 13.
Recording: Terry Gibbs Dream Band Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959
(a) Recorded at the Seville Club, Hollywood CA, March 16, 1959; recording courtesy of Los Angeles Jazz Institute and Bob Andrews
(b) Recorded at the Seville Club, Hollywood CA, March 17, 1959
(c) Recorded at the Sundown Club, Hollywood CA, November 1, 2, 8, & 9, 1959
Terry Gibbs Dream Band
Trumpets: Al Porcino (a,b), Ray Triscari (a,b), Stu Williamson (a,b,c), Conte Candoli (a,b,c), John Audino (c), Lee Katzman (c),
Trombones: Vern Friley (a,b,c), Bob Enevoldsen (a,b), Carl Fontana (a), Joe Cadena (b), Bill Smiley (c), Bob Burgess (c)
Saxophones: altos: Joe Maini (a,b,c), Charlie Kennedy (a,b,c), tenors: Med Flory (a,b,c), Bill Holman (a,b), Bill Perkins (c) baritone: Jack Schwartz (a,b,c)
Piano: Lou Levy (a,c), Pete Jolly (b), Benny Aronov (c)
Bass: Max Bennett (a,b), Buddy Clark (c),
Drums: Mel Lewis (a,b,c)
Vibes and Leader: Terry Gibbs (a,b,c)
Band Boy: Bernie Saunders (a,b,c)
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