Progressive PCD-7112

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Red Norvo has been one of my jazz heroes ever since "Dance of the Octopus and the big band records of the Norvo-Mildred Bailey Commodore Band (who can forget that sax section sound in "Remember"?) Red has been responsible for the rise of many musicians: Eddie Sauter, Herbie Haymer, Dave Barbour, Stew Fletcher, to name a few of the Norvo-Bailey band....

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Selections

• 1 The One I Love Belongs to Someone Else - Take 2
  • Isham Jones - Gus Kahn, 1924
  • Red Norvo vibraphone, Hank Jones piano, Milt Hinton bass, Jo Jones, bass
  • Recorded 1974 in New York City
• 2 Tea for Two - Take 4
  • Vincent Youmans - Irving Caesar, Musical "No, No, Nanette," 1924
  • Red Norvo vibraphone, Hank Jones piano, Milt Hinton bass, Jo Jones, bass
  • Recorded 1974 in New York City
• 3 I'll Be Around - Take 2
  • Alec Wilder, 1942
  • Red Norvo vibraphone, Hank Jones piano, Milt Hinton bass, Jo Jones, bass
  • Recorded 1974 in New York City
• 4 A Short One for Santa Monica - Take 1
  • Red Norvo (also known as Santa Monica Blues)
  • Red Norvo vibraphone, Hank Jones piano, Milt Hinton bass, Jo Jones, bass
  • Recorded 1974 in New York City
• 5 Blues for WRVR - Take 1
  • Red Norvo, 1974
  • Red Norvo vibraphone, Jimmy Rowles piano, Lloyd Ellis guitar, Gene Cherico, Fender bass, Donald Bailey drums
  • Recorded 1975 in Hollywood
• 6 On Green Dolphin Street
  • Bronislav Kaper - Ned Washington, film theme "Green Dolphin Street," 1947
  • Red Norvo vibraphone, Jimmy Rowles piano, Lloyd Ellis guitar, Gene Cherico, Fender bass, Donald Bailey drums
  • Recorded 1975 in Hollywood
• 7 Don't Blame Me
  • Jimmy McHugh - Dorothy Fields, revue "Clowns in Clover," 1933
  • Red Norvo vibraphone, Jimmy Rowles piano, Lloyd Ellis guitar, Gene Cherico, Fender bass, Donald Bailey drums
  • Recorded 1975 in Hollywood
• 8 Runnin' Wild!
  • A. Herrington - Joe Grey and Leo Wood, 1922
  • Red Norvo vibraphone, Jimmy Rowles piano, Lloyd Ellis guitar, Gene Cherico, Fender bass, Donald Bailey drums
  • Recorded 1975 in Hollywood
• 9 The One I Love Belongs to Someone Else - Take 4
  • Red Norvo vibraphone, Hank Jones piano, Milt Hinton bass, Jo Jones, bass
  • Recorded 1974 in New York City
  • previously unissued
• 10 Tea for Two - Take 3
  • Red Norvo vibraphone, Hank Jones piano, Milt Hinton bass, Jo Jones, bass
  • Recorded 1974 in New York City
  • previously unissued
• 11 The One I Love Belongs to Someone Else - Take 7
  • Red Norvo vibraphone, Hank Jones piano, Milt Hinton bass, Jo Jones, bass
  • Recorded 1974 in New York City
  • previously unissued

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Production Coordinator: Wendell Echols
Executive Producer: George H. Buck, Jr.
Originally issued in part on Famous Door HL-105
Year Released: 2003

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Progressive Records
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