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Big Band Specials

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Released
  
1962 (1962)

Producer
  
Bill Miller

Release date
  
1962

Genre
  
Vocal jazz

Recorded
  
1962

Artist
  
June Christy

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Big Band Specials (1962)
  
Best of June Christy (1962)

June Christy albums
  
The Intimate Miss Chri, Ballads for Night People, Something Broadway - Somethin, The Misty Miss Christy, Fair and Warmer!

Big Band Specials is a 1962 album by June Christy, with tracks arranged by Bill Holman, Shorty Rogers and husband Bob Cooper.

Contents

Track listing

  1. “You Came a Long Way from St. Louis” (John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell) - 2:16
  2. “Swingin’ On Nothin’” (Sy Oliver, Billy Moore) - 2:23
  3. “Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby” (Billy Austin, Louis Jordan) - 2:46
  4. “Prelude to a Kiss” (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Irving Gordon) - 3:54
  5. “Skyliner” (Charlie Barnet as Dale Bannett) - 3:01
  6. “A Night in Tunisia” (Dizzy Gillespie, Jon Hendricks) - 2:50
  7. “It Don’t Mean a Thing” (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 1:43
  8. “Frenesi” (Alberto Dominguez, Ray Charles, Bob Russell) - 2:20
  9. “Stompin' at the Savoy” (Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb, Benny Goodman, Andy Razaf) - 2:30
  10. “Goodbye” (Gordon Jenkins) - 3:04
  11. “Time Was (Duerme)” (Miguel Prado, Gabriel Luna, Bob Russell) - 2:54
  12. “Until (The Mole)” ( LeRoy Holmes, Harry James, Hal David) - 2:47

Musicians

  • June Christy - vocals
  • Conte Candoli - trumpet
  • Lee Katzman - trumpet
  • Al Porcino - trumpet
  • Ray Triscari - trumpet
  • Vern Friley - trombone
  • Lew McCreary - trombone
  • Frank Rosolino - trombone
  • John Halliburton - trombone
  • Dick Nash - trombone
  • Kenny Shroyer - bass trombone
  • Joe Maini - also saxophone
  • Bud Shank (as Bud Legge) - alto saxophone
  • Charlie Kennedy - alto saxophone
  • Bob Cooper - tenor saxophone
  • Bill Perkins - tenor saxophone
  • Jack Nimitz - baritone saxophone
  • Jimmy Rowles - piano
  • Joe Mondragon - bass guitar
  • Mel Lewis - drums
  • Bob Cooper - arranger (track 12)
  • Shorty Rogers - arranger (tracks 1, 4 & 11)
  • Bill Holman - arranger (all other tracks)
  • Tracks 3, 6, 7 Recorded Capitol Tower, Hollywood, 25 October 1962

    Tracks 9, 10, 12 Recorded Capitol Tower, Hollywood, 5 November 1962

    Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 11 Recorded Capitol Tower, Hollywood, 19 November 1962

    Songs

    1You Came a Long Way From St Louis2:18
    2Swingin' on Nothin'2:26
    3Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby2:49

    References

    Big Band Specials Wikipedia