Johnny Richards - Mosaic Select 17 '2005

Tracks list

This three-CD set reissues arranger Johnny Richards Capitol and Roulette albums
that originally were called Wide Range, Experiments in Sound, The Rites of
Diablo, My Fair Lady, and Aqui Se Habla Espanol, the great majority of his
recordings as a leader. In addition, Richards portion of the album Annotations
of the Muses plus a few unreleased selections are included. Johnny Richards, who
is most famous for his association with Stan Kenton, was an inventive writer who
starting in 1957 and had a band of his own. The music on this three-fer includes
the adventurous three-part third stream piece Annotations of the Muses, a set of
Richards adaptations of themes from My Fair Lady, a few Afro-Cuban projects,
some relatively straight-ahead but complex jazz, and Richards hit Young at
Heart. There are many short solos from the top-notch sidemen, but its Johnny
Richards writing that makes this set quite definitive and memorable.

Tracks:

CD1
01. Annotations of the Muses, Pt. 1
02. Annotations of the Muses, Pt. 2
03. Annotations of the Muses, Pt. 3
04. Nipigon
05. So Beats My Heart for You
06. Walkin
07. Nina Never Knew
08. The Ballad of Tappan Zee
09. Cimarron
10. Stockholm Sweetnin
11. Close Your Eyes
12. The Nearness of You
13. Young at Heart
14. Walkin - (Binaural Take, alternate take)
15. Cimarron - (Binaural Take, alternate take)
16. Lake Tahoe - (previously unreleased)
17. Tempest on the Charles - (previously unreleased)

CD2
01. Omo Ado
02. What Is There to Say
03. Estoy Cansado
04. Theme from the Concerto to End All Concertos
05. How Are Things in Glocca Morra
06. Terpsichore
07. Je Vous Adore
08. Neolore
09. This Time
10. No Moon at All
11. Omo Ado
12. Kele Kele
13. La Pecadora
14. Ochun
15. Oluo Anu
16. Ofo

CD3
01. Get Me to the Church on Time
02. On the Street Where You Live
03. I Could Have Danced All Night
04. Wouldnt It Be Loverly
05. Show Me
06. The Rain in Spain
07. Ive Grown Accustomed to Her Face
08. With a Little Bit of Luck
09. Viva Gordo
10. Nada Mas
11. El Sombrero de Metal
12. Plata de Azul
13. Manzanita
14. Imprévu
15. Chapultepec
16. Me Voy
17. Pulque

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